soothfast
Americanadjective
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based on the truth; true.
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truthful; veracious.
adjective
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truthful
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loyal; true
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of soothfast
before 900; Middle English sothfast, Old English sōthfæst. See sooth, fast 1
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An this tale be soothfast, then am I Mohsin and thou art Musa the Malignant.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Then, on a further question, she proceeded, "Has her ladyship never heard of the Ebbing Well that shows whether true love is soothfast?"
From Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland by Charlotte Mary Yonge
The true spouse of our soul is God, and then are we truly coupled unto Him, when we draw near Him by hope and soothfast love.
From The Cell of Self-Knowledge : seven early English mystical treatises printed by Henry Pepwell in 1521 by Edmund Garratt Gardner
Gladsome to me, O my life, this love whose offer thou deignest Between us twain lively and lusty to last soothfast.
From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Sir Richard Francis Burton
But in spite of Barbour's prayer to be kept from saying "ought but soothfast thing," we must not take The Bruce too seriously.
From English Literature for Boys and Girls by H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth) Marshall
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