ˈverəd.əbəl, -rətə- adjective
Etymology: Middle French veritable, from verité verity + -able
: being actually that which is named : possessing the characteristics applied : not false, unreal, imaginary, or metaphorical
shots taken in a veritable bull ring — John McCarten
the only guts that are mentioned … are the veritable entrails of a fish — Mark Schorer
spiritual heights which may be just as veritable as the streets and gutters — H.O.Taylor
— often used to stress the aptness of a metaphor
whose conversation was a veritable memo pad of given names, connections, ties, appointments — Mary McCarthy
a veritable mountain of newspaper material — T.D.Clark
Synonyms: see authentic