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Definition of Forsooth

Forsooth
Forsooth For*sooth", 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.
Forsooth
Forsooth For*sooth", adv. [AS. fors[=o][eth]; for, prep. + s[=o][eth] 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.
Forsooth
Forsooth For*sooth", v. t. To address respectfully with the term forsooth. [Obs.] The captain of the ``Charles' had forsoothed her, though he knew her well enough and she him. --Pepys.

Meaning of Forsooth from wikipedia

- expressions may have distinctive emotional connotations—some can be humorous (forsooth), some highly formal (What say you?), and some solemn (With thee do I plight...
- Don Pedro: Why, these are very crotchets that he speaks – Note notes, forsooth, and nothing! Don Pedro's last line can be understood to mean 'Pay attention...
- 2019. Sunkin, Alyssa (August 6, 2010). "Renaissance Faire's returning, forsooth!". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved 17 November 2010. "Renaissance Faires...
- Relative") Pat Harrington Jr. – William Shakesbear (in "To Tell the Truth, Forsooth") Matt Hurwitz – Hokey Wolf Arte Johnson – Lou (in "Huck's Doggone Day")...
- pieces, and tossed up with plumbs and sugar, it changes its property, and forsooth is meat for his master. In his essay The Life of Samuel Butler, Samuel...
- English Genre Young adult novel Publisher Forsooth Books, Harlequin Teen, AmazonEncore Published 2008, (Forsooth Books) 2009, (AmazonEncore) , 2011 - 2012...
- they had been watered by Prana, the plants spake in concert: 'thou hast, forsooth, prolonged our life, thou hast made us all fragrant.' (11.4–6) 'The holy...
- declamers: what are the fruits of these ****ish torments, what are they? Forsooth Honor, Re****tion, and Power or Authority. What is all this but winde ...
- And why may you multiply this medicine infinitely, Forsooth the cause is this, For it is fire, which kindled will never die, Dwelling with you, as fire...
- appropriated by Christians to define those who maintained polytheistic religions, forsooth originally meant "countryman" in the sense of "citizen", and therefore...