truthy

English

Etymology

From truth +‎ -y. In colloquial sense, after truthiness.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈtɹuːθi/

Adjective

truthy (comparative truthier, superlative truthiest)

1. (obsolete) Faithful; true. [19th c.]
   • c. 1800, J. H. Colls, Theodore:

     You […] are afraid Theodore your sweetheart shouldn't prove truthy.

2. (US, colloquial) Only superficially true; that is asserted or felt instinctively to be true, with no recourse to facts. [from 21st c.]
   • 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin 2012, p. 595:

     Historians today point out that each of these ringing assertions was, at best, truthy.

Synonyms

• faithful, honest
• truthlike, truthful, truthsome, veridical

Derived terms

• truthiness

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884-1928, and First Supplement, 1933

See also

• facty