Forsooth

//fɔɹˈsuθ// adv

adv ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Used as an intensifier, often ironic: indeed, really, truthfully. archaic, not-comparable, poetic

    "A fit man, forsooth, to governe a realme!"

Adverb
  1. 1
    an archaic word originally meaning ‘in truth’ but now usually used to express disbelief wordnet

Synonyms

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in truthindeedabove a bitabsolutelyactuallyactually

Example

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"Forsooth, if this were in a play, I'd want my tuppence back!"

Etymology

From Middle English forsothe, forsoþe, for sothe, from Old English for sōþ (“truly, for certain, forsooth”), equivalent to for (“for, by”) + sooth (“truth”).

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