First Known Use: circa 1576
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verisimilitude
noun veri·si·mil·i·tude \-sə-ˈmi-lə-ˌtüd, -ˌtyüd\
: the quality of seeming real
Full Definition of VERISIMILITUDE
1
: the quality or state of being verisimilar
2
: something verisimilar
— veri·si·mil·i·tu·di·nous \-ˌmi-lə-ˈtüd-nəs, -ˈtyüd-; -ˈtü-də-nəs, -ˈtyü-\ adjective
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Origin of VERISIMILITUDE
Latin verisimilitudo, from verisimilis verisimilar, from veri similis like the truth
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- literalism, naturalism, realism, representationalism, verismo
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