What does the phrase "veritable cornucopia" mean?

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I've heard this phrase several times in many different places, but I have no idea what it means. I know what the two words mean individually, but they don't seem to make any sense together. I Googled it and got 78,200 results, which suggests that it's a fairly common phrase. Anyone have any ideas?

Answer 1

Aornucopia is an abundance, a plentiful supply
Veritable is true or real,so it would mean a real abundance.Lots and lots. hope this helps.

Answer 2

Cornucopia Definition

Answer 3

Truly a bounty or wealth of something.

A book with a lot of helpful content could be said to be a veritable cornucopia of useful knowledge.

Veritable means true, or really as in really special.

The cornucopia was the horn of plenty:

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What does the phrase "veritable cornucopia" mean?
I've heard this phrase several times in many different places, but I have no idea what it means. I know what the two words mean individually, but they don't seem to make any sense together. I Googled it and got 78,200 results, which suggests that it's a fairly common phrase. Anyone have...

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The word cornupcopia refers to a great abundance of something, and the word veritable emphasizes the figurative concept of the bounty.

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A real abundance of something.

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It was popularized by W.C. Fields in a movie.

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You cannot talk with a Jehovah's Witness about the condition of the dead, without their bringing up Ecclesiastes 9:5. They are taught to use this verse to prove that the Bible supports the idea that the dead know nothing at all. In the 1985 book, "Reasoning From the Scriptures", on page 100, under the Heading "What Is the Condition of the Dead?", Ecclesiastes 9:5 is quoted as follows: “The living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all.” (NWT) This certainly seems, if we are to take this verse literally, to prove that the dead have no conscious existence. Ask a Jehovah's Witness what the rest of Ecclesiastes 9:5 says. Most will not be able to tell you. The Watchtower is repeatedly quoting this verse and finishing it partway with a period and quotation mark (.”), instead of showing with an ellipse and quotation mark (...") that there is more to the verse. This is a misleading and dishonest way of printing Scripture. Let's take a look at Ecclesiastes 9:5 from the King James Version. "For the living know that they shall die; but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten." If the Watchtower teaches from this verse that the dead are not conscious of anything, it must also teach as truth what the rest of this verse says, that the dead have no more a reward and the memory of them is forgotten. Does the Watchtower teach that Ecclesiates 9:5 is a literal verse, to be taken as truth? So, what does Ecclesiastes 9:5 teach? If we take it literally, the dead are unconscious and will never find a reward or be remembered. The Watchtower teaches that the first half of this verse is literal, but that the second half "is not the case." Perhaps we should look at the context of this passage. If we back up to verse 3, same chapter, we find: "This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all..." 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