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Definitions for veraciousvəˈreɪ ʃəs

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ve•ra•ciousvəˈreɪ ʃəs(adj.)

  1. habitually truthful.

  2. characterized by truthfulness.

Origin of veracious:

1670–80; < L vērāx, s. vērāc-, der. of vērus true; see -acious

ve•ra′cious•ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. veracious(adj)

    habitually speaking the truth

    "a veracious witness"

  2. veracious, right(adj)

    precisely accurate

    "a veracious account"

Wiktionary

  1. veracious(Adjective)

    truthful

    2. Origin: From verac-, stem of verax, from verus.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Veracious(adj)

    observant of truth; habitually speaking truth; truthful; as, veracious historian

  2. Veracious(adj)

    characterized by truth; not false; as, a veracious account or narrative

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