veritable

Etymology

Middle French véritable, via Old French, from Latin veritabilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.ɹi.tə.bl/

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Adjective

veritable (comparative more veritable, superlative most veritable)

1. True, real.
   • 1974, Thomas S. Szasz, M.D., chapter 11, in The Myth of Mental Illness‎, →ISBN, page 193:

     Life in the Middle Ages was a colossal religious game. The
     dominant value was salvation in a life hereafter. Emphasizing
     that "to divorce medieval hysteria from its time and place is
     not possible,"²¹ Gallinek observes:
     It was the aim of man to leave all things worldly as far behind as
     possible, and already during lifetime to approach the kingdom of
     heaven. The aim was salvation. Salvation was the Christian master
     motive.—The ideal man of the Middle Ages was free of all fear
     because he was sure of salvation, certain of eternal bliss. He was
     the saint, and the saint, not the knight nor the troubadour, is the
     veritable ideal of the Middle Ages.²²

   He is a veritable swine.

   A fair is a veritable smorgasbord. (From Charlotte's Web).

Anagrams

• avertible, rivetable

Etymology

Latin veritabilis

Adjective

veritable (masculine and feminine plural veritables)

1. real; true; veritable

Adjective

veritable m, f (plural veritables)

1. true; real; not fake

Adjective

veritable m (oblique and nominative feminine singular veritable)

1. true; real; not fake
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Li rois respont: "N'est mie fable,
     Ceste parole est veritable:

     The king responded "it's not a fairytale
     this story is true["]