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prettygoodwordveridical - adj., truthful, veracious, not illusory, real, actual, genuine.
Some dictionaries also pack "corresponding to facts" in that spectrum of senses, but that seems redundant. In use since around 1650, from Latin vēridicus, from vērus, true + dīcere, to say. Which sounds like the Latin version of a faux Indian name, but never mind.
I'll be out of the office for the holidays for the rest of the week, and so without access to my whiteboard. Back Monday.
---L.
Some dictionaries also pack "corresponding to facts" in that spectrum of senses, but that seems redundant. In use since around 1650, from Latin vēridicus, from vērus, true + dīcere, to say. Which sounds like the Latin version of a faux Indian name, but never mind.
I'll be out of the office for the holidays for the rest of the week, and so without access to my whiteboard. Back Monday.
---L.
