FORSOOTH
\fɔːsˈuːθ], \fɔːsˈuːθ], \f_ɔː_s_ˈuː_θ]\
Definitions of FORSOOTH
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
Sort: Oldest first
-
(used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers) "in truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire"; "really, you shouldn't have done it"; "a truly awful book"; (`forsooth' is archaic and now usually used to express disbelief)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
-
To address respectfully with the term forsooth.
-
A person who used forsooth much; a very ceremonious and deferential person.
-
In truth; in fact; certainly; very well; - formerly used as an expression of deference or respect, especially to woman; now used ironically or contemptuously.
By Oddity Software
-
To address respectfully with the term forsooth.
-
A person who used forsooth much; a very ceremonious and deferential person.
-
In truth; in fact; certainly; very well; - formerly used as an expression of deference or respect, especially to woman; now used ironically or contemptuously.
By Noah Webster.
-
In truth: in fact: certainly: very well-often used ironically. It was once a word of honor or highly polite address to a woman. "A fit man, forsooth, to govern a realm."-Hayward. "Carry not too much underthought betwixt yourself and them, nor your city mannerly word (forsooth), use it not too often in any case; but plain, ay, madam, and no, madam."-B. Jonson.
-
To use the word forsooth to: hence, to address in a highly polite and ceremonious manner. "The captain of the Charles had forsoothed her, though he knew her well enough, and she him."-Pepys.
-
A man given to using the word forsooth to a lady: hence, a man very polite and ceremonious to ladies. "You sip so like a forsooth of the city."-B. Jonson.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
-
adv. [Anglo-Saxon] In truth; in fact; certainly; very well—often used ironically.
