"veritable" in the adjective sense
1. regular, veritable
often used as intensifiers
"a regular morass of details"
"a regular nincompoop"
"he's a veritable swine"
2. authentic, bona fide, unquestionable, veritable
not counterfeit or copied
"an authentic signature"
"a bona fide manuscript"
"an unquestionable antique"
"photographs taken in a veritable bull ring"
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