veracious

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective habitually speaking the truth
  2. adjective precisely accurate

Etymology

From Latin verac- + -ious, stem of vērāx (“truthful”), from vērus (“true”).

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