Added 30 September 2026
forsooth
/fɔɹˈsuθ/ adverb
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- Used as an intensifier, often ironic: indeed, really, truthfully.
Origin
From Middle English forsothe, forsoþe, for sothe, from Old English for sōþ (“truly, for certain, forsooth”), equivalent to for (“for, by”) + sooth (“truth”).
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