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forsooth [fawr-sooth] ExamplesWord Origin adverb Archaic.
- (now used in derision or to express disbelief) in truth; in fact; indeed.
Origin of forsooth before 900; Middle English forsothe, Old English forsōth. See for, sooth Examples from the Web for forsooth Historical Examples of forsooth
Lent her by Father Christopher of the priory, forsooth—that is ever her answer.
Arthur Conan Doyle
It would not have a circus of its own, forsooth, but it would share in ours!
Alice Brown
He would reduce us to the example of the primitive ages, forsooth!
Henry Fielding
Your governess cannot win the confidence and respect of your children, forsooth!
Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit
Charles Dickens
And why, forsooth, but because those tents were covered with skins?
Desiderius Erasmus
British Dictionary definitions for forsooth forsooth adverb
- archaic in truth; indeed
Word Origin for forsooth Old English forsōth Word Origin and History for forsooth adv.
Old English forsoð “indeed, verily,” from for-, perhaps here with intensive force (or else the whole might be “for a truth”), + soð “truth” (see sooth).