veriloquent

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

veriloquent (comparative more veriloquent, superlative most veriloquent)

1. (rare) Speaking truth; truthful; corresponding to facts.
   • 1840, The Lancet London: A Journal of British and Foreign Medicine‎^[1], volume 2, page 125:

     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 […]

   • 1855, John Lewis, New Hope: Or, The Rescue. A Tale of the Great Kanawha‎^[2], page 204:

     It has been often remarked, that men, honest, honourable, and verlioquent in everything else, will cheat and lie in horse-trading.

   • 1987, Richard Peter McKeon, Rhetoric: Essays in Invention and Discovery, page 184:

     We have given up magniloquent speech to follow veriloquent speech.

Anagrams

• ventriloque