vraisemblancen.
/vrɛsɒmˈblɒns/ 1. An appearance of truth; verisimilitude.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [noun] > likeness to truth
truthlikenessa1586
verisimilitude1603
verisimility1646
reality1657
vraisemblance1802
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [noun] > judged by closeness to truth
similitudec1450
appearance?1531
semblance1548
probableness1561
resemblance1561
verisimilitude1603
verisimility1646
plausibility1649
vraisemblance1802
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun]
hue971
glozea1300
showingc1300
coloura1325
illusionc1340
frontc1374
simulationc1380
visage1390
cheera1393
sign?a1425
countenance?c1425
study?c1430
cloak1526
false colour1531
visure1531
face1542
masquery?1544
show1547
gloss1548
glass1552
affectation1561
colourableness1571
fashion1571
personage?1571
ostentation1607
disguise1632
lustrementa1641
grimace1655
varnish1662
masquerade1674
guisea1677
whitewash1730
varnish1743
maya1789
vraisemblance1802
Japan1856
veneering1865
veneer1868
affectedness1873
candy coating1885
simulance1885
window dressing1903
1802 W. Scott Let. 8 Sept. (1932) I. 156 To give to fiction itself the charms of truth or at least of vraisemblance.
1831 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. Introd. p. xxxviii You remove from the mind the vraisemblance, the veracity of the whole representation.
1841 Countess of Blessington Idler in France I. viii. 170 There is a fearful vraisemblance in some of the scenes with all that one has read or pictured to oneself, as daily occurring during the terrible days of the Revolution.
1880 Standard 10 Dec. He would have given a greater air of fairness and vraisemblance to the story.
2. A representation, picture.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > [noun] > a picture
metingOE
portraiturea1393
picture?a1425
piece1503
portrait1560
pictural1590
composure?1606
transumpt1629
composition1753
delineation1772
depictment1816
vraisemblance1857
piccy1865
pic1884
pitcher1915
pictorial1949
1857 ‘C. Bede’ Mr. Verdant Green Married ii. 13 Miss Patty's taper fingers transferred to paper the vraisemblance of a pair of sturdy Bondagers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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