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English
Etymology
From Latin verac- + -ious, stem of vērāx (“truthful”), from vērus (“true”).
Pronunciation
Homophone: voracious
Adjective
veracious (comparative more veracious, superlative most veracious)
- 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."
- 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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