Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

veriloquent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ver-il-o-quent
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Speaking truth; truthful; corresponding to facts.

Example Sentences

"But, Dr. Jacob, you have gone further, and have dared to call public attention to what you have been pleased to designate "the first-fruits" of our anti-reform constitution, to wit, the dismissal of your veritable and veriloquent self from the office of Assistant Secretary in the College of Surgeons […]"
"It has been often remarked, that men, honest, honourable, and verlioquent in everything else, will cheat and lie in horse-trading."
"We have given up magniloquent speech to follow veriloquent speech."

Etymology

From Medieval Latin vērācitās, semantically equivalent to Latin vērāc- (etymological inchoation of vērāx) "true" > ver + -iloquent.

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

more veriloquent (comparative) most veriloquent (superlative)

Questions

What does veriloquent mean?: Speaking truth; truthful; corresponding to facts.
Where does veriloquent come from?: From Medieval Latin vērācitās, semantically equivalent to Latin vērāc- (etymological inchoation of vērāx) "true" > ver + -iloquent.

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