veritable
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈvɛ.ɹɪ.tə.bl/
adj
Etymology: From Middle French veritable, from Old French veritable, from Latin veritabilis.
- True; genuine.
“He is a veritable genius.”
“A fair is a veritable smorgasbord.”
- As an intensifier: absolute, indisputable.
“From 1748, a veritable troop of elocution experts declared war on Scots diction, providing inspirational lectures, books and yet more lists for diligent anglophiles to memorise.”