soothfast
[ sooth-fast, -fahst ]
adjectiveArchaic.
based on the truth; true.
truthful; veracious.
Origin of soothfast
1Other words from soothfast
- soothfastly, adverb
- soothfastness, noun
Words Nearby soothfast
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How to use soothfast in a sentence
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.
May-Day | Ralph Waldo Emerson
British Dictionary definitions for soothfast
soothfast
/ (ˈsuːθˌfɑːst) /
adjectivearchaic
truthful
loyal; true
Origin of soothfast
1from Old English sōthfæst; see sooth, fast 1
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