VERISIMILITUDE


Meaning of VERISIMILITUDE in English

/ver'euh si mil"i toohd', -tyoohd'/ , n.

1. the appearance or semblance of truth; likelihood; probability: The play lacked verisimilitude.

2. something, as an assertion, having merely the appearance of truth.

[ 1595-1605; verisimilitudo, equiv. to veri (gen. sing. of verum truth) + similitudo SIMILITUDE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .