Forsooth
[fə'suːθ]
Definition
(adv.) an archaic word originally meaning `in truth' but now usually used to express disbelief.
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Definition
(adv.) In truth; in fact; certainly; very well; -- formerly used as an expression of deference or respect, especially to woman; now used ironically or contemptuously.
(v. t.) To address respectfully with the term forsooth.
(n.) A person who used forsooth much; a very ceremonious and deferential person.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Certainly, truly, really, in truth, in fact, of a truth, in good truth.
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Definition
adv. in truth: certainly.
Typist: Tito
Examples
- I feared to fail, forsooth! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Tell me, forsooth! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And you reward me after years of devotion by giving me your blessing upon my marriage, forsooth, with this flaunting Irish girl! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She is always mighty gentle with her young baronet, mighty tender for his feelings, forsooth, and of his very thin-skinned _amour propre_. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- You can not treat the syndicalists like cattle because forsooth they have ceased to be cattle. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- What is there in a pair of pink cheeks and blue eyes forsooth? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He still says our marriage is not legal, because I am not of age, forsooth! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Masters of the wave, forsooth! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Gratitude, forsooth! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- You must keep it forsooth. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- That of a nun, forsooth! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Perhaps you may carry it out at some other time, forsooth. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Freedom, forsooth. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- A pretty manager of a man's matters YOU are, forsooth. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Typist: Tito