early 15c., from Anglo-French and Old French veritable "true, real, truthful, valid (in law)," from verité (see verity) + -able. Probably lost mid-17c. and reborrowed or revived after 1830. Related: Veritably.
he's a veritable swine
photographs taken in a veritable bull ring
verification
verify
verily
verisimilitude
verism
veritable
veritas
verity
vermeil
vermicelli
vermicular
