Wordie: Verisimilitude: Comments

Comment by Milosrdenstvi, about 1 month ago

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:46:20 +0000

Of course, the most famous usage of it in literature:

"Corroborative detail intended to provide artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative."
-- W.S. Gilbert, "The Mikado"

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:08:43 +0000

I personally like my list better than Letterman's namby-pamby thing.

Comment by spicolli, about 1 year ago

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:45:31 +0000

One of the Top Ten Words That Sound Great When Spoken by James Earl Jones

[verisimilitude]

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:57:17 +0000

When this word entered the annals of philosophy over half a century ago, no one would have anticipated that the word would come to describe a chasm captivating a generation of tv watchers.