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forsooth.

Used as an intensifier, often ironic: indeed, really, truthfully.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adv/fɔɹˈsuθ/General-American/fɚ-/General-American
  1. Used as an intensifier, often ironic: indeed, really, truthfully.

    archaic · not-comparable · poetic
Where this word comes from

From Middle English forsothe, forsoþe, for sothe, from Old English for sōþ (“truly, for certain, forsooth”), equivalent to for (“for, by”) + sooth (“truth”).

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