veracious

English

Etymology

From Latin vērāx (“truthful”) +‎ -acious, from vērus (“true”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vəˈɹeɪ.ʃəs/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃəs
  • Homophone: voracious

Adjective

veracious (comparative more veracious, superlative most veracious)

  1. True.
    Synonym: veridical
    Antonyms: false, falsidical
    The politician's statement was eventually proven to be veracious.
    • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 321:
      "It were against all rules, whether of history or romance—whether I look to my grandfather Henri Quatre, or to the less veracious chronicles of Scuderi, and copy Oroondates—to depart without some favour."
  2. Truthful; speaking the truth.
    Synonym: veridical
    Antonyms: dishonest, falsidical
    • 1864, Sheridan Le Fanu, Wicked Captain Walshawe, of Wauling:
      Now there are two curious circumstances to be observed in this relation of my uncle's, who was, as I have said, a perfectly veracious man.

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