forsooth
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English for + sothe (“truth”)
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -uːθ
Adverb [edit]
forsooth (comparative more forsooth, superlative most forsooth)
- (archaic, as an intensifier) indeed, truthfully, really
- 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VIII:
- “Oh, hullo, Bertie,” she said, and a fish on ice couldn't have spoken more calmly. “Have you got it?” I ground a tooth or two and waved the arms in a passionate gesture. “No,” I said, ignoring her query as to why I had chosen this moment to do my Swedish exercises. “I haven't. But Ma Cream got me.” Her eyes widened. She squeaked a bit. “Don't tell me she caught you bending again?” “Bending is right. I was half-way under the dressing-table. You and your singing,” I said, and I'm not sure I didn't add the word “Forsooth!” Her eyes widened a bit further, and she squeaked another squeak.
- 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VIII:
