Ben Trovato - a podcast by Word of the Day

Ben Trovato is an adjective that means characteristic and appropriate even if untrue.

Ben Trovato comes directly from Italian where its words mean ‘well found.’

The fact that the accusations against Carl were Ben Trovato made no difference in the courtroom. That they accurately summed him up didn’t change the fact that they weren’t strictly true.

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