soothfast

[ sooth-fast, -fahst ]

adjectiveArchaic.
  1. based on the truth; true.

  2. truthful; veracious.

Origin of soothfast

1
before 900; Middle English sothfast,Old English sōthfæst.See sooth, fast1

Other 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
  1. truthful

  2. loyal; true

Origin of soothfast

1
from Old English sōthfæst; see sooth, fast 1

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