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veriloquent

veriloquent adjective: speaking truth; truthful; corresponding to facts.

Adjective

veriloquent (comparative more veriloquent, superlative most veriloquent)

  1. (rare) Speaking truth; truthful; corresponding to facts.
    • But, Dr. Jacob, you have gone further, and have dared to call public attention to what you have been pleased to designate "the first-fruits" of our anti-reform constitution, to wit, the dismissal of your veritable and veriloquent self from the office of Assistant Secretary in the College of...1840, The Lancet London: A Journal of British and Foreign Medicine, volume 2, page 125
    • It has been often remarked, that men, honest, honourable, and verlioquent in everything else, will cheat and lie in horse-trading.1855, John Lewis, New Hope: Or, The Rescue. A Tale of the Great Kanawha, page 204

Forms of veriloquent

comparativemore veriloquent
superlativemost veriloquent

Origin of veriloquent

From Medieval Latin vērācitās, semantically equivalent to Latin vērāc- (etymological inchoation of vērāx) "true" > ver + -iloquent.

Questions about veriloquent

What does veriloquent mean?
Veriloquent means speaking truth; truthful; corresponding to facts.
What part of speech is veriloquent?
Veriloquent is an adjective.

Words near veriloquent in the dictionary

  1. verify
  2. verifying
  3. verigreen
  4. verigreens
  5. Verilog
  6. veriloquent
  7. verily
  8. verine
  9. verinurad
  10. verisimilar
  11. verisimilarity

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