Associations to the word «Forsooth»

Wiktionary

FORSOOTH, adverb. (archaic or poetic) (as an intensifier) (often ironic) indeed, truthfully, really

Dictionary definition

FORSOOTH, adverb. An archaic word originally meaning `in truth' but now usually used to express disbelief.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats