vraisemblableadj.n.

/vrɛsɒmˈblablə/

Etymology: French, < vrai true + semblable like.

Believable, likely, plausible. Also absol. as n. (esp. collective).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [adjective] > worthy of belief

probablea1387

provablec1429

satisfactory1605

vraisemblable1830

plausible1838

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [noun] > instance(s) of > though closeness to reality

verisimile1652

vraisemblable1830

1830 New Monthly Mag. 30 5/1 How far all this is fact, we have no means of ascertaining, but the vraisemblable is well preserved, and if not true..is bien trouve.

1841 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 13 Nov. (1954) I. 121 I was amused with your sharp remarks on the advertisement... I immediately perceived them to be vraisemblable.

1876 J. D. Hooker Let. 17 Aug. in L. Huxley Life & Lett. J. D. Hooker (1918) II. xlv. 366 The whole of the vraisemblable of the latter falls before the Darwinian Gospel.

1898 Mrs. E. Lynn Linton Let. 23 Feb. in G. S. Layard Mrs. Lynn Linton (1901) xvii. 228 I have had your sketch... Cleverly done..not very vraisemblable in the man's character.

1957 D. Piper Eng. Face ii. 37 The portrait that Sittow painted of Henry VII..is completely vraisemblable.

1969 Listener 24 July 99/1 A nobleman..reproved an actor for not holding a scythe as a labourer does: he got a lecture on the elements of the vraisemblable. Stage-scything is not like scything.

1978 Times 22 Aug. 13/4 Sir John Colville's delightful speculations..on what would have happened if George Washington had lost seemed to be remarkably vraisemblable.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	vraisemblable
释义	vraisemblableadj.n. /vrɛsɒmˈblablə/ Etymology: French, < vrai true + semblable like. Believable, likely, plausible. Also absol. as n. (esp. collective). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [adjective] > worthy of belief probablea1387 provablec1429 satisfactory1605 vraisemblable1830 plausible1838 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [noun] > instance(s) of > though closeness to reality verisimile1652 vraisemblable1830 1830 New Monthly Mag. 30 5/1 How far all this is fact, we have no means of ascertaining, but the vraisemblable is well preserved, and if not true..is bien trouve. 1841 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 13 Nov. (1954) I. 121 I was amused with your sharp remarks on the advertisement... I immediately perceived them to be vraisemblable. 1876 J. D. Hooker Let. 17 Aug. in L. Huxley Life & Lett. J. D. Hooker (1918) II. xlv. 366 The whole of the vraisemblable of the latter falls before the Darwinian Gospel. 1898 Mrs. E. Lynn Linton Let. 23 Feb. in G. S. Layard Mrs. Lynn Linton (1901) xvii. 228 I have had your sketch... Cleverly done..not very vraisemblable in the man's character. 1957 D. Piper Eng. Face ii. 37 The portrait that Sittow painted of Henry VII..is completely vraisemblable. 1969 Listener 24 July 99/1 A nobleman..reproved an actor for not holding a scythe as a labourer does: he got a lecture on the elements of the vraisemblable. Stage-scything is not like scything. 1978 Times 22 Aug. 13/4 Sir John Colville's delightful speculations..on what would have happened if George Washington had lost seemed to be remarkably vraisemblable. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1830
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