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# forsooth

«forsooth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **really, indeed** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### kind

archaic word

### modern equivalent

really, indeed

### part of speech

interjection

### meaning for a pupil

in truth or indeed; used to add emphasis, often mockingly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/forsooth/#m1)

### how it differs from today

No longer used in everyday speech; today we say really or honestly.

### examples

- Have you grown so bashful, forsooth? (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/forsooth/#x1)
- As if there were no lads in our village, forsooth! (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/forsooth/#x2)
- It's a great sin to dishonor Mother Friday--combing and spinning flax, forsooth! (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/forsooth/#x3)

### primary record

forsooth

### tests

rate: word (≥3 uses, never in EWT or ≥10× EWT, Wiktionary: first sense archaic); corpora 9 (Torah 0, tales 9, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.0 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «forsooth» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/forsooth/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.