| Front | verisimilitude \ver-uh-si-MIL-i-tood, -tyood\ |
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| Back | noun 1. The quality of appearing to be true or real. 2. Something that has the appearance of being true or real. [From Latin verisimilitudo, from verum (truth) + similis (like). Earliest documented use: 1603.] "There are moments in the new musical The Burnt Part Boys that mirror recent events with haunting verisimilitude." - David Rooney; Fictional Mining Town; The New York Times; May 19, 2010. |
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