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sooth

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sooth  (sth) Archaic
adj.
1. Real; true.
2. Soft; smooth.
n.
Truth; reality.
[Middle English, from Old English sth; see es- in Indo-European roots.]
soothly adv.
sooth [suːθ] Archaic or poetic
n
truth or reality (esp in the phrase in sooth)
adj
1. true or real
2. smooth
[Old English sōth; related to Old Norse sathr true, Old High German sand, Gothic sunja truth, Latin sōns guilty, sonticus critical]
soothly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sooth - truth or reality; "in sooth"
truthfulness - the quality of being truthful
archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression
Translations
sooth (archaic) [suːθ] N in sooth → en realidad
sooth
n in sooth (obs, liter) → wahrlich (obs)


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Was never the man born nor never the lady chosen Who knoweth of the sooth of Arthur to say more.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
"That will I not, in sooth," said he of the White Moon; "live the fame of the lady Dulcinea's beauty undimmed as ever; all I require is that the great Don Quixote retire to his own home for a year, or for so long a time as shall by me be enjoined upon him, as we agreed before engaging in this combat.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
In good sooth, they so sway their floating forms, arch their necks, toss aloft their naked arms, and glide, and swim, and whirl, that it was almost too much for a quiet, sober-minded, modest young man like myself.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
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