veritableadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈvɛrᵻtəbl/, U.S.

/ˈvərədəb(ə)l/

Forms: Also Middle English veritabill, 1500s verytable.

Etymology: < Old French and Anglo-Norman veritable (modern French véritable , = Italian veritevole ), < verite verity n.: see -able suffix. Apparently the word had become obsolete by the middle of the 17th century, and was revived early in the 19th. Webster (1828–32) notes it as ‘little used’.

a. Of a statement, etc.: That is in accordance or conformity with the truth or verity; true. ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adjective] > of statement: agreeing with reality

soothlyc888

soothfastc950

truea1250

very1303

strait1340

honesta1400

soothfulc1400

precisec1443

veritable1474

just1490

perfect1523

faithful1529

sincere1555

unmangled1557

truthful?1567

neat1571

oraculous1612

punctual1620

oracular1631

unvamped1639

strict1645

unembroidered1649

ungarbled1721

unexaggerated1770

veracious1777

unfictitious1835

unexaggeratinga1854

uncooked1860

1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. i. 21 Therfore hym ought to saye no thynge but yf hit were veritable and stable.

c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iv. 1068 We shall here tidinges..shortlye; For that is suth veritabill.

?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. Bij^v In good fayth..thy tale is verytable Grounded on lernynge, and gretly commendable.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iv. 76 Des. Ifaith i'st true? Oth. Most veritable, therefore looke to't well.

1649 J. Evelyn tr. F. de La Mothe Le Vayer Of Liberty & Servitude iv. 61 It was not lesse lawfull to men, who comprehended thoughts worthy, and veritable, such as we might have of things divine, to possesse an heart elevated, and a courage invincible.

†b. Of persons: Speaking the truth; truthful, veracious. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adjective]

soothfastc825

soothsaȝelc900

trueOE

unlighela1200

sootha1250

un-i-lowec1380

textualc1386

veritable1489

truthful1568

troth telling1579

veridical1653

verificala1660

of veracity1671

veriloquous1672

veraciousa1677

unfabling1797

veridicous1817

falsehood-free1850

trothful1861

veridic1895

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. vii. 11 The maners and condicions whiche belongen to a good conestable ben these, that he be not testyf..ne angry, But amesured and attemporat,..verytable in worde and promesse hardy.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. E.vij^v The greatest faute..is to spare the trouthe and not to be verytable.

1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course iv. f. 46 The second warned him to bee all his life true, and veritable.

a. Genuine, real, true; not counterfeit, false, or spurious; correctly or properly so called.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > accurately so named

rightOE

verya1300

verya1387

perfectc1387

propera1398

veritable1483

real?1505

dinkum1914

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 19/1 And to thende to preve that his deth was veritable he wold lye therin thre dayes.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. xix. 262 But where the real works of Nature, or veritable acts of story are to be described, digressions are aberrations.

1830 J. G. Strutt Sylva Brit. (rev. ed.) 24 Few persons..form anything like just estimates of the veritable size of trees.1855 F. P. Cobbe Ess. Intuitive Morals I. i. 73 Then Intuition must be given its natural position as the basis of the only veritable System of Ethics.1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 7 A moral relish for veritable proofs of honesty.

b. Of things or persons.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > accurately so named > of persons, the deity

rightOE

soothfasta1250

veryc1250

veryc1450

veritable1649

1649 Earl of Monmouth tr. J. F. Senault Use of Passions 9 The same Philosophers..imagined it [the soul] had parts as well as the body, and though they were more subtle, they were not less veritable.

1833 C. Lamb Barrenness Imaginative Faculty in Last Ess. Elia 170 He had painted a laudable orchard, with fitting seclusion, and a veritable dragon.

1864 C. M. Yonge Cameos lxx, in Monthly Packet July 28 A veritable personage was Whittington.

1881 Lit. World 21 Jan. 37/1 Nelson, we all know, was a veritable sea king.

c. With the, in emphatic use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > in emphatic use

very1384

as or so very a1560

veritable1831

1831 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) II. xiv. 320 A cast of the skull of Raphael—the veritable skull dug up at Rome.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. ix. 94 Next, sugar; what complex memories the word brings back!—the veritable sugar has been long ago defunct.

1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 150 I who am now talking..am the veritable Socrates.

3. In extended use, denoting possession of all the distinctive qualities of the person or thing specified.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > genuine, real

soothc888

soothlyc888

soothfastc1175

germanec1384

truea1398

sickera1400

upright?a1500

uncounterfeita1542

righteous1543

legitimate1551

truepennya1556

arrant1570

uncounterfeited1571

real1573

current1578

genuinal1599

unforged1610

unpretended1611

legitime1614

unabusinga1628

Lubish1632

genuine1639

undissembled1651

undissimulate1652

ingenuine1661

infallacious1677

real live1684

unfalsified1688

unmistaken1694

pukka1776

undissimulated1776

unassumed1818

uncynical1824

Simon Pure1834

sure-enough1837

unsimulated1840

straight-out1848

true blue1852

veritable1862

really (and) truly1864

authentic1868

true-metal1868

kosher1896

twenty-four carat1900

honest to goodness1905

echt1916

dinky-di1918

McCoy1928

twenty-two carat1962

right1969

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > that is such in a high degree > entitled to designation in high degree

fullOE

muchc1275

greata1398

very1712

veritable1862

1862 C. Stretton Mem. Chequered Life I. 24 I tell you that Charley is a veritable eel.

1869 A. Harwood tr. E. de Pressensé Early Years Christianity iii. i. 360 They had a succession of governors who were veritable brigands.

1897 Standard 2 Feb. 7/5 At Rochefort there was..a veritable hail of tiles, slates, etc. blown off the roofs.

†4. As adv. Veritably, truly. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb]

mid or with (‥) soothc888

soothfastlya890

soothfastc950

rightOE

yeaOE

soothlyOE

soothOE

trulyc1225

soothrightc1275

purec1300

verament1303

verily1303

purelyc1325

verimentc1325

indeedc1330

veirec1330

soothfully1340

faithlyc1350

of very (due) right?a1366

leallya1375

amenc1384

in soothnessc1386

verya1387

in certaina1400

truea1400

without(en) wougha1400

in veirec1400

in deedc1405

without famec1430

in veramentc1450

utterlyc1460

veritably1481

veritable1490

voirably1501

seriously1644

quite1736

quite1881

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adverb] > truly, genuinely

trulyc1225

truea1400

veritably1481

veritable1490

authentically1593

indeeda1616

genuinely1640

real1645

unpretendingly1701

honest to God1892

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxvi. 93 I beleue veritable that it is for to take vengeaunce of the feyth & of the grete othe..whiche I haue violated falsly.

Derivatives

ˈveritableness n. truth, veracity.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun]

soothfastnessc825

trutha1450

fidelity1534

verity1565

veracity1623

truthfulness1647

veritableness1664

veridicalness1727

tell-truth1744

truthiness1832

veraciousness1860

veridicalitya1901

veridicity1937

1664 J. Newburgh in J. Evelyn Pomona in Sylva 44 I am so well assured of the veritableness of my Neighbours relation, that I dare not question it.

1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. I. vii. 189 But the psychologist must not only have his mental states in their absolute veritableness, he must report them and write about them.

1926 R. Clements Stately Southerner 142 Whatsoever shape the apparition may have taken, a belief in its veritableness has persisted from of old.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	veritable
释义	veritableadj.adv. Brit. /ˈvɛrᵻtəbl/, U.S. /ˈvərədəb(ə)l/ Forms: Also Middle English veritabill, 1500s verytable. Etymology: < Old French and Anglo-Norman veritable (modern French véritable , = Italian veritevole ), < verite verity n.: see -able suffix. Apparently the word had become obsolete by the middle of the 17th century, and was revived early in the 19th. Webster (1828–32) notes it as ‘little used’. 1. a. Of a statement, etc.: That is in accordance or conformity with the truth or verity; true. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adjective] > of statement: agreeing with reality soothlyc888 soothfastc950 truea1250 very1303 strait1340 honesta1400 soothfulc1400 precisec1443 veritable1474 just1490 perfect1523 faithful1529 sincere1555 unmangled1557 truthful?1567 neat1571 oraculous1612 punctual1620 oracular1631 unvamped1639 strict1645 unembroidered1649 ungarbled1721 unexaggerated1770 veracious1777 unfictitious1835 unexaggeratinga1854 uncooked1860 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. i. 21 Therfore hym ought to saye no thynge but yf hit were veritable and stable. c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iv. 1068 We shall here tidinges..shortlye; For that is suth veritabill. ?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. Bij^v In good fayth..thy tale is verytable Grounded on lernynge, and gretly commendable. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iv. 76 Des. Ifaith i'st true? Oth. Most veritable, therefore looke to't well. View more context for this quotation 1649 J. Evelyn tr. F. de La Mothe Le Vayer Of Liberty & Servitude iv. 61 It was not lesse lawfull to men, who comprehended thoughts worthy, and veritable, such as we might have of things divine, to possesse an heart elevated, and a courage invincible. †b. Of persons: Speaking the truth; truthful, veracious. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adjective] soothfastc825 soothsaȝelc900 trueOE unlighela1200 sootha1250 un-i-lowec1380 textualc1386 veritable1489 truthful1568 troth telling1579 veridical1653 verificala1660 of veracity1671 veriloquous1672 veraciousa1677 unfabling1797 veridicous1817 falsehood-free1850 trothful1861 veridic1895 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. vii. 11 The maners and condicions whiche belongen to a good conestable ben these, that he be not testyf..ne angry, But amesured and attemporat,..verytable in worde and promesse hardy. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. E.vij^v The greatest faute..is to spare the trouthe and not to be verytable. 1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course iv. f. 46 The second warned him to bee all his life true, and veritable. 2. a. Genuine, real, true; not counterfeit, false, or spurious; correctly or properly so called. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > accurately so named rightOE verya1300 verya1387 perfectc1387 propera1398 veritable1483 real?1505 dinkum1914 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 19/1 And to thende to preve that his deth was veritable he wold lye therin thre dayes. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. xix. 262 But where the real works of Nature, or veritable acts of story are to be described, digressions are aberrations. View more context for this quotation 1830 J. G. Strutt Sylva Brit. (rev. ed.) 24 Few persons..form anything like just estimates of the veritable size of trees.1855 F. P. Cobbe Ess. Intuitive Morals I. i. 73 Then Intuition must be given its natural position as the basis of the only veritable System of Ethics.1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 7 A moral relish for veritable proofs of honesty. b. Of things or persons. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > accurately so named > of persons, the deity rightOE soothfasta1250 veryc1250 veryc1450 veritable1649 1649 Earl of Monmouth tr. J. F. Senault Use of Passions 9 The same Philosophers..imagined it [the soul] had parts as well as the body, and though they were more subtle, they were not less veritable. 1833 C. Lamb Barrenness Imaginative Faculty in Last Ess. Elia 170 He had painted a laudable orchard, with fitting seclusion, and a veritable dragon. 1864 C. M. Yonge Cameos lxx, in Monthly Packet July 28 A veritable personage was Whittington. 1881 Lit. World 21 Jan. 37/1 Nelson, we all know, was a veritable sea king. c. With the, in emphatic use. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > in emphatic use very1384 as or so very a1560 veritable1831 1831 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) II. xiv. 320 A cast of the skull of Raphael—the veritable skull dug up at Rome. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. ix. 94 Next, sugar; what complex memories the word brings back!—the veritable sugar has been long ago defunct. 1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 150 I who am now talking..am the veritable Socrates. 3. In extended use, denoting possession of all the distinctive qualities of the person or thing specified. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > genuine, real soothc888 soothlyc888 soothfastc1175 germanec1384 truea1398 sickera1400 upright?a1500 uncounterfeita1542 righteous1543 legitimate1551 truepennya1556 arrant1570 uncounterfeited1571 real1573 current1578 genuinal1599 unforged1610 unpretended1611 legitime1614 unabusinga1628 Lubish1632 genuine1639 undissembled1651 undissimulate1652 ingenuine1661 infallacious1677 real live1684 unfalsified1688 unmistaken1694 pukka1776 undissimulated1776 unassumed1818 uncynical1824 Simon Pure1834 sure-enough1837 unsimulated1840 straight-out1848 true blue1852 veritable1862 really (and) truly1864 authentic1868 true-metal1868 kosher1896 twenty-four carat1900 honest to goodness1905 echt1916 dinky-di1918 McCoy1928 twenty-two carat1962 right1969 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > that is such in a high degree > entitled to designation in high degree fullOE muchc1275 greata1398 very1712 veritable1862 1862 C. Stretton Mem. Chequered Life I. 24 I tell you that Charley is a veritable eel. 1869 A. Harwood tr. E. de Pressensé Early Years Christianity iii. i. 360 They had a succession of governors who were veritable brigands. 1897 Standard 2 Feb. 7/5 At Rochefort there was..a veritable hail of tiles, slates, etc. blown off the roofs. †4. As adv. Veritably, truly. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] mid or with (‥) soothc888 soothfastlya890 soothfastc950 rightOE yeaOE soothlyOE soothOE trulyc1225 soothrightc1275 purec1300 verament1303 verily1303 purelyc1325 verimentc1325 indeedc1330 veirec1330 soothfully1340 faithlyc1350 of very (due) right?a1366 leallya1375 amenc1384 in soothnessc1386 verya1387 in certaina1400 truea1400 without(en) wougha1400 in veirec1400 in deedc1405 without famec1430 in veramentc1450 utterlyc1460 veritably1481 veritable1490 voirably1501 seriously1644 quite1736 quite1881 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adverb] > truly, genuinely trulyc1225 truea1400 veritably1481 veritable1490 authentically1593 indeeda1616 genuinely1640 real1645 unpretendingly1701 honest to God1892 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxvi. 93 I beleue veritable that it is for to take vengeaunce of the feyth & of the grete othe..whiche I haue violated falsly. Derivatives ˈveritableness n. truth, veracity. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun] soothfastnessc825 trutha1450 fidelity1534 verity1565 veracity1623 truthfulness1647 veritableness1664 veridicalness1727 tell-truth1744 truthiness1832 veraciousness1860 veridicalitya1901 veridicity1937 1664 J. Newburgh in J. Evelyn Pomona in Sylva 44 I am so well assured of the veritableness of my Neighbours relation, that I dare not question it. 1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. I. vii. 189 But the psychologist must not only have his mental states in their absolute veritableness, he must report them and write about them. 1926 R. Clements Stately Southerner 142 Whatsoever shape the apparition may have taken, a belief in its veritableness has persisted from of old. 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