Verisimilous


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Ver`i`sim´i`lous


a.1.Verisimilar.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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So much seems obvious, and yet further reflection shows that while it is correct to think of realist literature as operating within a special sort of constraint, the constraint is not properly captured in the distinction between the phantastical and the verisimilous. This can be demonstrated by the simple illustration of the happy ending.