What is the meaning of veritable?

adjective

  • Often used as intensifiers.
    • usage: "a regular morass of details"; "a regular nincompoop"; "he's a veritable swine"
  • Not counterfeit or copied.
    • usage: "an authentic signature"; "a bona fide manuscript"; "an unquestionable antique"; "photographs taken in a veritable bull ring"
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