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troth.

An oath, pledge, plight, or promise.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/tɹəʊθ/Received-Pronunciation/tɹɒθ/Received-Pronunciation/tɹoʊθ/General-American/tɹɔθ/General-American

  1. An oath, pledge, plight, or promise.

    archaic · countable

  2. An oath, pledge, plight, or promise. A pledge or promise to marry someone.

    archaic · countable

  3. An oath, pledge, plight, or promise. The state of being thus pledged; betrothal, engagement.

    archaic · countable

  4. Truth; something true.

    archaic · countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English troth, trothe, trouthe, trowthe, a variant of treuth, treuthe, treouthe (“allegiance, fidelity, faithfulness, loyalty; oath, pledge, promise; betrothal or marriage vow; betrothal; honour, integrity; holiness, righteousness; confidence, trust; creed, faith; fact, reality, truth”), from Old English trēowþ, trīewþ (“truth, veracity; faith, fidelity; covenant, pledge”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiþō (“contract; promise”), equivalent to true + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Doublet of truth.

verb/tɹəʊθ/Received-Pronunciation/tɹɒθ/Received-Pronunciation/tɹoʊθ/General-American/tɹɔθ/General-American

  1. To pledge to marry somebody.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English troth, trothe, trouthe, trowthe, a variant of treuth, treuthe, treouthe (“allegiance, fidelity, faithfulness, loyalty; oath, pledge, promise; betrothal or marriage vow; betrothal; honour, integrity; holiness, righteousness; confidence, trust; creed, faith; fact, reality, truth”), from Old English trēowþ, trīewþ (“truth, veracity; faith, fidelity; covenant, pledge”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiþō (“contract; promise”), equivalent to true + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Doublet of truth.

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