| Front | veridical \vuh-RID-ih-kul\ |
|---|---|
| Back | adjective 1. Truthful, veracious. 2. Real. [We'll tell only the truth here: "veridical" comes from the Latin word "veridicus," which itself is from two other Latin words: "verus," meaning "true," and "dicere," meaning "to say." "Verus" is an ancestor of several English words, among them "verity," "verify," and "very" (which originally meant "true"). The word "verdict" is related to "veridical" on both sides of the family: it also traces back to "verus" and "dicere." "Veridical" itself is the least common of the "verus" words. You're most likely to encounter it in contexts dealing with psychology and philosophy.] "It's both surreal and veridical, whimsical and graphic, straightforward and sly." - Charlotte O'Sullivan; Up to No Good; The Independent on Sunday (London, UK); Sep 29, 2002. "If split-brain patients are given such tests, the left hemisphere generates many false reports. But the right brain does not; it provides a much more veridical account." - Michael S. Gazzaniga and John W. Karapelou; The Split Brain Revisited; Scientific American (Washington, DC); Jul 1, 1998. |
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