Friday, January 28, 2011

Rockin word of the day

VERACITY
It just sounds so fierce!
It's got to be cousins with voracious and ferocious, right?


ve·rac·i·ty  (v-rs-t)
n. pl. ve·rac·i·ties
1. Adherence to the truth; truthfulness. See Synonyms at truth.
2. Conformity to fact or truth; accuracy or precision: a report of doubtful veracity.
3. Something that is true.

[Medieval Latin vrcits, from Latin vrx, vrc-, true; see veracious.]

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