soothfast

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English sothfast, from Old English sōþfæst (true, trustworthy), from Proto-West Germanic *sanþafast. Equivalent to sooth +‎ fast.

Adjective[edit]

soothfast

  1. (archaic) Actual; real.
    • 2012, original 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Arabian Nights:
      So she brought him the China bowl saying in herself, “I shall know what to do when I find out if the words of my child concerning these jewels be soothfast or not”; []
    • 2009, J. P. MacLean, A History of the Clan MacLean, page 452:
      But her brother has taken and joined their hands,
      And so soothfast was the kiss —
      So dear love's due to her lips so true —
      She had like to have died of bliss; []
    • 2022, Neil Munro, Brian D. Osborne, Ronald Armstrong, That Vital Spark, page 182:
      “I'll take your word for it,” said he, with another glance at a very soothfast mask that came down on as sweet a pair of lips as ever man took craving for.
    • 2022, Evelyn Underhill, The Cloud of Unknowing:
      And hereby mayest thou see and learn, that there is no soothfast security, nor yet no true rest in this life.
  2. (archaic) Based on the truth, true; faithful; honest, veracious

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Adverb[edit]

soothfast

  1. (obsolete) Actually; truthfully.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:actually