sooth

sooth  (sth) Archaic

adj.

1. Real; true.

2. Soft; smooth.

n.

Truth; reality.

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[Middle English, from Old English sth; see es- in Indo-European roots.]

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soothly adv.

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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

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sooth, soothsayer, soothe - Sooth, "true, truth," or "that which is," is part of soothsayer; it is related to soothe, which once meant "assent to be true; say yes to," or "to prove or show a fact to be true."

See also related terms for prove.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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)