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# forsooth

«forsooth» in Mova's school dictionary: **in truth or indeed, said to add emphasis, often in a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

interjection (old use, no change)

### meaning for a pupil

(old use) Forsooth means in truth or indeed, said to add emphasis, often in a teasing or scornful way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forsooth/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a word in old stories and plays, put in to sound old-fashioned, often to mock a claim: «As if there were no lads here, forsooth!»

### examples

- Have you grown so bashful, forsooth? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forsooth/#x1)
- As if there were no lads in our village, forsooth! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forsooth/#x2)
- It is a great sin to dishonour Mother Friday, forsooth! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forsooth/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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