![]() ![]() Mrs.P always overwhelms her readers with tedious verisimilitude. Note: If you feel the details are unnecessary or excessive to achieve verisimilitude then you can say 'tedious verisimilitude' which is not a single-word but clearly expresses your sentiment. The word verisimilitude is derived from the Latin words verum and similis meaning “truth” and “similar.” A verisimilitudinous story has details, subjects, and characters that seem similar or true to real life. Verisimilitude - this is a narrative technique of describing things in extremely accurate detail to make the fiction more believable, literally 'very similar to' real life!Īside from being fun to say, verisimilitude (pronounced ‘VAIR-ih-sih-MILL-ih-tude’) simply means ‘the quality of resembling reality’ and a work of art, or any part of a work of art, has verisimilitude if it seems believably realistic. I suspect that although difficult, verisimilitude could be achieved without the embellishment or embroidery of details, and therein lies the difference between verisimilitude and this word. What I'm looking for is a word which describes embellishing or embroidering a story or narrative with the end result being verisimilitude. ![]() At this point I'm really just hoping somebody on here is a professor or something with some very esoteric knowledge of obscure English words and happens to recognize it.Ī couple of people have suggested Verisimilitude. I already spent quite a bit of time on that approach. I'm fairly accomplished at Google-fu, so I wouldn't recommend trying to answer this with a cursory scan of Google. Since then I have not seen the word, and since then the route has changed :/ ![]() Later that night I went home and looked up the word, which revealed something similar to the above definition. It was introduced to me when I noticed at a climbing gym one of the routes had this word as its name. I've never ever heard this word used in real life. It could also be a non-verb that encompasses that basic idea. The correct answer will be a long, complicated word not ever used in everyday speech. Narrative seem more convincing or believable. To include many unnecessary details with the objective of making a story or To paraphrase the definition (if I remember correctly): I remember the basic definition of this word, but I can't remember the word itself. Answers without enough detail may be edited or deleted. (16) Add to these charges the negligence and incompetence shown throughout this sorry affair.Want to improve this post? Provide detailed answers to this question, including citations and an explanation of why your answer is correct. (14) Sorry if it still doesn't make sense but it does to me, sorry ! (15) Bob hangs his head and acts like he's sheepish and sorry, but he's entered into a world, within himself, from which he will not emerge. (9) I'd say she's sorry now (10) I'm sorry you're leaving (11) I may post more later, if I can sort out my thoughts better (my brain is slush at the moment, sorry !) (12) sorry about that! (13) Laughing so hard that tears ran down his face, Ranear of Tusheba was a sorry sight. (8) It's a sorry sight to see two stunted propshafts, encrusted with marine growth, but he films the severed ends anyway. (7) The whole sorry business makes her think of this Canetti quote. (6) The entire, sorry saga of managerial incompetence stems from that single decision. (3) I'm sorry I'm so late (4) I'm sorry I said anything (5) The only kink in his plan was that he far preferred to sermonize on what he saw as the sorry state of business leadership. (2) Without the ability to swim and stamina, a Water Polo player is a sorry sight. (1) She whetted a rag and wiped the floor as I dumped the sorry sight into the wastebasket. ![]()
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