From the latin veritas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veritas#:~:text=In%20Roman%20mythology%2C%20Veritas%2C%20meaning,and%20the%20mother%20of%20Virtus.&text=The%20Greek%20goddess%20of%20truth,(Ancient%20Greek%3A%20%E1%BC%80%CE%BB%CE%AE%CE%B8%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1). You said... >He's verifiably retarded. >He's not vertiably retarded because he's actually retarded. The precise opposite is true... he is in fact veritably retarded b/c he's actually retarded. The difference is that I'm not asking anyone to "verify" it. It's a statement not seeking confirmation.