Associations to the word «Veritable»
Wiktionary
VERITABLE, adjective. True, real.
Dictionary definition
VERITABLE, adjective. Often used as intensifiers; "a regular morass of details"; "a regular nincompoop"; "he's a veritable swine".
VERITABLE, adjective. Not counterfeit or copied; "an authentic signature"; "a bona fide manuscript"; "an unquestionable antique"; "photographs taken in a veritable bull ring".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.