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Definition of Forsooth
1. Adverb. An archaic word originally meaning 'in truth' but now usually used to express disbelief.
Definition of Forsooth
1. adv. In truth; in fact; certainly; very well; -- formerly used as an expression of deference or respect, especially to woman; now used ironically or contemptuously.
2. v. t. To address respectfully with the term forsooth.
3. n. A person who used forsooth much; a very ceremonious and deferential person.
Definition of Forsooth
1. Adverb. (archaic as an intensifier ) indeed, truthfully, really ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Forsooth
1. in truth [adv]
Medical Definition of Forsooth
1. 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) Origin: AS. Forsoo; for, prep. + soo sooth, truth. See For, prep, and Sooth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forsooth
Literary usage of Forsooth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1910)
"... taking its name from the words of William Morris: "forsooth, brothers, fellowship
is heaven and the lack of fellowship is hell ; fellowship is life, ..."
2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"... the which is the real object of my writing: forsooth, if I wanted to ornament
my biography with such matters, I should have far too much to tell. ..."
3. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"... grace attends forsooth; Or loose or bind her hair, or comb it up, She's to be
honoured in what she doth. ..."
4. The Anatomy of melancholy v. 3 by Robert Burton (1875)
"Whate'er she doth, or whither e'er she go, A sweet und pleasing grace attends
forsooth; Or loose or bind her hair, or comb it np, She's to be honoured in ..."
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