Soothfast
adj, adv ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Actual; real. archaic
"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”; […]"
- 2 Based on the truth, true; faithful; honest, veracious archaic
"Why do not you […] bear leal and soothfast evidence in her behalf, as ye may with a clear conscience?"
- 1 Actually; truthfully. obsolete
"I care not if the pomps you show / Be what they soothfast appear, / Or if yon realms in sunset glow / Be bubbles of the atmosphere."
Example
More examples"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”; […]"
Etymology
From Middle English sothfast, from Old English sōþfæst (“true, trustworthy”), from Proto-West Germanic *sanþafast. Equivalent to sooth + fast.
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