forsooth

[ fawr-sooth ]

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

Origin of forsooth

1
before 900; Middle English forsothe,Old English forsōth.See for, sooth

Words Nearby forsooth

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How to use forsooth in a sentence

  • 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.

    The Oldest Code of Laws in the World | Hammurabi, King of Babylon
  • The dates that are over, which are in the plantation, the owner of the plantation shall take forsooth.

    The Oldest Code of Laws in the World | Hammurabi, King of Babylon
  • Music mingled with the sound of merry voices, and forsooth now and again we heard the faint popping of corks along Officers' Row.

    The Way of a Man | Emerson Hough
  • As if, forsooth, the existence of our nationality began and ended in Pretoria!

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

British Dictionary definitions for forsooth

forsooth

/ (fəˈsuːθ) /


adverb
  1. archaic in truth; indeed

Origin of forsooth

1
Old English forsōth

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