Forsooth

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːθ

Origin

From Middle English for + sothe ("truth")

Full definition of forsooth

Adverb

1. (archaic, as an intensifier, often ironic) indeed, truthfully, really
• HaywardA fit man, forsooth, to govern a realm!
• ~1603, William Shakespeare, ''Othello, Act I, scene I, line 20:And what was he?/ Forsooth, a great arithmetician
• 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, Her eyes widened. She squeaked a bit. “Don't tell me she caught you bending again?” “Bending is right. I was half-way under the dressing-table. You and your singing,” I said, and I'm not sure I didn't add the word “Forsooth!” Her eyes widened a bit further, and she squeaked another squeak.