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   [fawr-sooth]
adverb Archaic.
(now used in derision or to express disbelief) in truth; in fact; indeed.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English forsothe, Old English forsōth. See for, sooth
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forsooth (fəˈsuːθ)
 
—adv
archaic in truth; indeed
 
[Old English forsōth]

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forsooth
O.E. forsoð, from for-, intensive prefix, + soð "truth" (see sooth).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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