Alethea

[ al-uh-thee-uh ]

/ ˌæl əˈθi ə /

noun

a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “truth.”

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Examples from the Web for alethea

His face was flushed, and Alethea Craig always declared that he looked "just plain everyday cross."
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903|Lucy Maud Montgomery
He had not forgotten Alethea, however, and he nattered himself that he was as true in his allegiance to her as he had been before.
John Deane of Nottingham|W.H.G. Kingston
At first I feared that Jasper and Alethea would not have got on very smoothly together.
John Deane of Nottingham|W.H.G. Kingston
It was this which decided Alethea that the boy was worth taking pains with.
The Way of All Flesh|Samuel Butler

The knowledge that the Alethea was minute by minute slipping beyond his reach seemed to madden him.
The Black Bag|Louis Joseph Vance

Word Origin and History for alethea

Alethea

fem. proper name, from Greek aletheia "truth, truthfulness," from alethes "true," literally "not concealing," from privative prefix a- "not" (see a- (3)) + lethe "forgetfulness, oblivion" (see latent).