forsooth : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: forsooth	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forsooth adv an archaic word originally meaning `in truth' but now usually used to express disbelief
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forsooth \For*sooth"\, v. t. To address respectfully with the term forsooth. [Obs.] The captain of the [bd]Charles[b8] had forsoothed her, though he knew her well enough and she him. --Pepys.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forsooth \Forsooth"\, n. A person who used forsooth* much; a very ceremonious and deferential person. [R.] You sip so like a forsooth of the city. --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forsooth \Forsooth"\, adv. [AS. fors[d3][eb]; for, prep. + s[d3][eb] sooth, truth. See {For}, prep., and {Sooth}.] In truth; in fact; certainly; very well; -- formerly used as an expression of deference or respect, especially to woman; now used ironically or contemptuously. A fit man, forsooth, to govern a realm! --Hayward. Our old English word forsooth* has been changed for the French madam. --Guardian.