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Verisimilitude

Verisimilitude in its literary context is defined as the fact or quality of being verisimilar, the appearance of being true or real; likeness or resemblance of the truth, reality or a fact’s probability. Verisimilitude comes from Latin verum meaning truth and similis meaning similar.

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Dhem is verisimilitude when bragging about his good looks.

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Incorrect useage. It’s a noun. You could say, “Dhem’s rant about his appearance has verisimilitude."

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Pfft... critic...

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Incorrect spelling. It’s 'usage.' :P

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perhaps you should include the word’s part-of-speech with the definition next time.

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Yeah...

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Burned...

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OH SNAP!

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foray • \FOR-ay\ • noun
1 : a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid
*2 : a brief excursion or attempt especially outside one’s accustomed sphere

Example Sentence:
Stewie Griffin had a brief foray into politics.

Did you know?
“Foray” comes from Middle English “forrayen” and probably traces back to an Anglo-French word that meant “raider” or “forager." It’s related to the word “forage," which usually means “to wander in search of food or forage." A “foray," in its earliest sense, was a raid for plunder. Relatively recently, “foray” began to take on a broader meaning. In a sense, a “foray” is still a trip into a foreign territory. These days, though, looting and plundering needn’t be involved in a “foray." When you take a “foray," you dabble in an area, occupation, or pastime that’s new to you.

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"usage' huh?



I’ll Whup your ASS....


thet’s the proper usage of the proper term, rather than I WOOP UR AZZ

but, ......


interesting word of the day.....

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Today’s word is...

exonerated
ex·on·er·ate
transitive verb

Etymology: Latin exoneratus, past participle of exonerare to unburden, from ex- + oner-, onus load

1 : to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship
2 : to clear from accusation or blame

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Well, I didn’t know verisimilitude.
Yeah for new word I will immediately forgot!

And I only ever used foray as definition #1.
and exonerated #2.

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Wow that is a bunch of $100 words and we be but humble forum users lad

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Today’s word is...

simultaneou
si·mul·ta·neous
adjective

Etymology: Latin simul at the same time + English -taneous (as in instantaneous) — more at same

1 : existing or occurring at the same time : exactly coincident

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I would assume that is a word that everyone probably knows... and you also misspelled it...

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I sure hope so

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Dosen’t mean it can’t be my word of the day. It’s a good word. My words of the day aren’t really supposed to teach you new words. They are just the words of the day. And I would like to think everyone will know all of these words already.

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Well, that’s just pointless then
I don’t like your words of the day
But continue on.


And why do you feel a 14 year old (for instance) will know these words already?
Some of them are not particularly common in terms of speech and not necessarily found in the books you may be reading or taught in school. So if you haven’t come across a word before...you can’t know it!

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Don’t sweat over it, he’s just being pretentious as usual.