Category:Verisimilitude

Ver`i*si*mil"i*tude, n. Etym: [l. verisimilitudo: cf. Of. Verisimilitude. See verisimilar.]

Defn: the quality or state of being verisimilar; the appearance of Truth; probability; likelihood. Verisimilitude and opinion are an easy purchase; but true knowledge Is dear and difficult. Glanvill. All that gives verisimilitude to a narrative. Sir. W. Scott.