verisimilitude Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true

WordNet

Ver`i*si*mil"i*tude noun
Etymology
L. verisimilitudo: cf. OF. verisimilitude. See Verisimilar.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913