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sooth

noun
/suːθ/

Etymology

From Middle English sooth, from Old English sōþ (“truth; true, actual, real”), from Proto-West Germanic *sanþ, from Proto-Germanic *sanþaz (“truth; true”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sónts, *h₁s-ont- (“being, existence, real, true”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”). Akin to Old Saxon sōþ (“true”), Old High German sand (“true”), Old Norse sannr (“true”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰 (sunja, “truth”), Old English synn (“sin, guilt"; literally, "being the one guilty”). More at sin. See also soothe, derived from the same Old English word.

  1. derived from *h₁es-✻ — “to be”
  2. inherited from *h₁sónts✻
  3. inherited from *sanþaz✻
  4. inherited from *sanþ✻
  5. inherited from sōþ
  6. inherited from sooth

Definitions

  1. Truth.

    • In sooth, I know not why I am so sad.
    • […] "O Eginhard, disclose The meaning and the mystery of the rose"; And trembling he made answer: "In good sooth, Its mystery is love, its meaning youth!"

  2. Augury

    Augury; prognostication.

    • The sooth of birds, by beating of their wings.

  3. Blandishment

    Blandishment; cajolery.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. Reality

      Reality; fact.

    2. True.

    3. Pleasing

      Pleasing; delightful; sweet.

      • The soothest shepherd that e'er pip'd on plains
      • With jellies soother than the creamy curd, And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon; […]

    4. In truth

      In truth; indeed.

      • That shall I sooth (said he) to you declare.

    5. Obsolete form of soothe.

      • To be ſhort, a wretched and curſed generation they be; hypocrites, pretending friendſhip, but they can not skill of plaine dealing and franke ſpeech. Rich men they claw, ſooth up and flatter: the poore they contemne and deſpiſe.
      • Hereupon it is, that these sportulary preachers are fain to sooth up their many masters […]
      • Muſick has Charms to ſooth a ſavage Breaſt, / To ſoften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak.

    6. Alternative form of saunth (“type of chutney”).

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Derived

forsooth, in sooth, insooth, soothfast, soothful, soothless, soothly, soothsaw, soothsay, soothsayer, soothsaying, soothy

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA