forsooth

«forsooth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: really, indeed — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

really, indeed

part of speech

interjection

meaning for a pupil

in truth or indeed; used to add emphasis, often mockingly. tree →

how it differs from today

No longer used in everyday speech; today we say really or honestly.

examples

• Have you grown so bashful, forsooth? (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) tree →
• As if there were no lads in our village, forsooth! (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) tree →
• It's a great sin to dishonor Mother Friday--combing and spinning flax, forsooth! (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) tree →

primary record

forsooth

tests

rate: word (≥3 uses, never in EWT or ≥10× EWT, Wiktionary: first sense archaic); corpora 9 (Torah 0, tales 9, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.0 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «forsooth» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.