verisimilar

形容词 adj.
/ˌvɛɹɪˈsɪmələ/    /ˌvɛɹɪˈsɪməlɚ/|/ˌvɛɹəˈsɪməlɚ/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Appearing to be true or real; probable; likely.
    — Joyce's objection was founded in [...] a reaction to the doggedly linear, heavily patterned artifice of the nineteenth-century novel, the verisimilar credentials of which existed – so, at any rate, the argument runs – in inverse proportion to the conventionality of its narrative style.
  2. Faithful to its own rules; internally consistent.

词形变化

more verisimilar comparative most verisimilar superlative

词源

From Latin vērisimilis, prop. vērī similis (“having the appearance of truth”), from vērī (genitive of vērus (“true”)) + similis (“like, similar”); see very and similar.
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