forsooth

[ fawr-sooth ]

adverb

, Archaic.

1. (now used in derision or to express disbelief ) in truth; in fact; indeed.

forsooth

/ fəˈsuːθ /

adverb

1. archaic.
   in truth; indeed

Word History and Origins

Origin of forsooth¹

before 900; Middle English forsothe, Old English forsōth. See for, sooth

Word History and Origins

Origin of forsooth¹

Old English forsōth

Example Sentences

If a man has hired an ox or sheep and a lion has killed it in the open field, that loss is for its owner forsooth.

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The dates that are over, which are in the plantation, the owner of the plantation shall take forsooth.

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Music mingled with the sound of merry voices, and forsooth now and again we heard the faint popping of corks along Officers' Row.

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As if, forsooth, the existence of our nationality began and ended in Pretoria!

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So I am to be ruind, because, forsooth, you must be in Love!

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