verisimilar

== English == === Etymology === From Latin vērisimilis, prop. vērī similis (“having the appearance of truth”), from vērī (genitive of vērus (“true”)) +‎ similis (“like, similar”); see very and similar. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌvɛɹɪˈsɪmələ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌvɛɹɪˈsɪməlɚ/, /ˌvɛɹəˈsɪməlɚ/ === Adjective === verisimilar (comparative more verisimilar, superlative most verisimilar) Appearing to be true or real; probable; likely. (fiction) Faithful to its own rules; internally consistent. ==== Related terms ==== verisimilitude verisimilarity verisimilitudinous verisimilous ==== Further reading ==== “verisimilar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “verisimilar”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.