forsooth

«forsooth» in Mova's school dictionary: in truth or indeed, said to add emphasis, often in a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

interjection (old use, no change)

meaning for a pupil

(old use) Forsooth means in truth or indeed, said to add emphasis, often in a teasing or scornful way. tree →

sense in the lessons

a word in old stories and plays, put in to sound old-fashioned, often to mock a claim: «As if there were no lads here, forsooth!»

examples

• Have you grown so bashful, forsooth? tree →
• As if there were no lads in our village, forsooth! tree →
• It is a great sin to dishonour Mother Friday, forsooth! tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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