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soothy

adj

Etymology

From soothe + -y.

  1. derived from *h₁es-✻ — “to be”
  2. inherited from *sanþōną✻ — “to prove, certify, acknowledge, testify”
  3. inherited from *sanþōn✻
  4. inherited from sōþian — “to verify, prove, confirm, bear witness to”
  5. inherited from sothen — “to verify, prove the validity of”
  6. formed as soothy — “soothe + -y”

Definitions

  1. Characterised by ease, comfort, or relaxation

    Characterised by ease, comfort, or relaxation; soothing

    • Whenever and whatever you may be up to or at, the right kind of background music and the soothier class of song will get you doing it more happily, more frequently, better perhaps or at greater expense.
    • I saw him once pulling whistlepig spines out of a stray redbone hound, keeping him calm with a soothy voice and holding him off from snapping while the spears came out. You could see he valued what he could do with his hands.
    • What a soothy sound to my ears. For a moment those words almost erased the dislocation of my tumble.

  2. Faithful

    Faithful; reliable; trustworthy

    • Ministrant spirits, guardian influences, Embosom thee; and wondrous charms and spells Circle thy steps; and soothiest oracles Unfold new lore of life in speech replete With olden wisdom […]

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