Word of the Day

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

THURSDAY, JANUARY 9

Verisimilitude

[ver-ə-sə-MIL-ə-tood]Part of speech: noun

Origin: latin, 16th century

• The appearance of truth or resembling reality
• Something that only appears to be true

Examples of Verisimilitude in a sentence

• The critics panned the new movie as lacking verisimilitude with over-the-top acting.
• Her claim of being 45 years old was verisimilitude — her secret was that she was really 59.

Comments

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

Thanks for citing that, it's amazing you've had it in mind all of these years.

[vallib53.livejournal.com]

I had to peep at my copy to make sure I used the exact wording but it was one of those little things that amused me and stuck.