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Word of the Day for Saturday, March 26, 2011verisimilitude \ver-uh-suh-MIL-uh-tood; -tyood\, noun: 1. The appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true. In an attempt to create verisimilitude, in addition to the usual vulgarities, the dialogue is full of street slang. For those plays, Ms. Smith interviewed hundreds of people of different races and ages, somehow managing to internalize their expressions, anger and quirks enough to be able to portray them with astonishing verisimilitude. The old man's massive forehead, penetrating eyes and enormous beard lent verisimilitude to this unappealing portrait. Verisimilitude comes from Latin verisimilitudo, from verisimilis, from verus, "true" + similis, "like, resembling, similar." The adjective form is verisimilar. | |||||||||
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