Forsooth
[fawr-sooth] /fɔrˈsuθ/
adverb, Archaic.
1.
(now used in derision or to express disbelief) in truth; in fact; indeed.
/fəˈsuːθ/
adverb
1.
(archaic) in truth; indeed
adv.
Old English forsoð “indeed, verily,” from for-, perhaps here with intensive force (or else the whole might be “for a truth”), + soð “truth” (see sooth).
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