Dictionary

verisimilar en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌvɛɹɪˈsɪmələ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌvɛɹəˈsɪməlɚ/ (General-American)
• /ˌvɛɹɪˈsɪməlɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Latin vērisimilis, prop. vērī similis (“having the appearance of truth”), from vērī (genitive of vērus (“true”)) + similis (“like, similar”); see very and similar.

Meanings

1. Appearing to be true or real; probable; likely.
   • Joyce's objection was founded in [...] a reaction to the doggedly linear, heavily patterned artifice of the nineteenth-century novel, the verisimilar credentials of which existed – so, at any rate, the argument runs – in inverse proportion to the conventionality of its narrative style. 2012, Matthew Adams, “Losing It”, in Literary Review, section 401:
2. Faithful to its own rules; internally consistent.

Forms

Deriveds

verisimilarly

Relateds

verisimilitudinous · verisimilarity · verisimilitude · verisimilous