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   ver·i·ta·ble

   /ˈvərədəb(ə)l/

   adjective

   • 1. used as an intensifier, often to qualify a metaphor: "the early 1970s witnessed a veritable price explosion"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, from verite ‘truth’ (see verity). Early senses included ‘true’ and ‘speaking the truth’, later ‘genuine, actual’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. veritably adverb

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • V

     4

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

   • I

     1

   • T

     1

   • A

     1

   • B

     3

   • L

     1

   • E

     1

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