| 单词 | forsooth to say |
| 释义 | > as lemmasforsooth to say 1. †(a) In truth, truly. Also in phrase, forsooth to say, forsooth and forsooth (cf. verily, verily), forsooth and God. Obsolete. (b) Now only used parenthetically with an ironical or derisive statement. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > assuredly, indeed soothlyc825 forsoothc888 wiselyc888 sooth to sayOE i-wislichec1000 to (‥) soothOE iwis?c1160 certesa1250 without missa1275 i-witterlic1275 trulyc1275 aplight1297 certc1300 in (good) fayc1300 verily1303 certain1330 in truthc1330 to tell (also speak, say) the truthc1330 certainlya1375 faithlya1375 in faitha1375 surelya1375 in sooth1390 in trothc1390 in good faitha1393 to witc1400 faithfullyc1405 soothly to sayc1405 all righta1413 sad?a1425 in certc1440 wella1470 truec1480 to say (the) truth1484 of a truth1494 of (a) trotha1500 for a truth?1532 in (of) verity1533 of verityc1550 really1561 for, in, or into very?1565 indeed1583 really and truly1600 indeed and indeed1673 right enough1761 deed1816 just1838 of a verity1850 sho1893 though1905 verdad1928 sholy1929 ja-nee1937 only1975 deffo1996 c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xiv. §3 Wite þu forsoþ þæt nan god ne deraþ þam þe hit ah. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 70 & for soðe swa hit is. c1300 Harrow. Hell 40 He nam him..Vnto helle for soþe to sei. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xvii. 303 And when a man swereþ for soþ, for soþ he hit troweþ. c1481 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 42 For sute, madam, I lost all that I payd for him. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. Pref. 2 Forsothe and God, this hath moued me at the highe comaundement of my..lorde kynge Henry the VIII. 1547 Certain Serm. or Homilies Of Faith, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) i. 43 He confirmeth with a double oath, saying, Forsooth and forsooth I say unto you [etc.]. 1641 R. Carpenter Experience, Hist., & Divinitie i. xiv. 107 After every word, even when they [sc. the Jesuits] speake to young greene Boyes, they come with, yes forsooth, and, no forsooth. 1667 S. Pepys Diary 25 Mar. (1974) VIII. 129 By and by comes Mr. Lowder and his wife and mine and into a box forsooth, neither of them being dressed. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 79. ⁋9 She has no Secrets, forsooth, which should make her afraid to speak her Mind. 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 109 That they might be at liberty forsooth to clap and hiss. 1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 202 He reproaches me with treachery, because forsooth I had not sent him a challenge! 1842 R. Browning Waring in Bells & Pomegranates No. III: Dramatic Lyrics 10/1 How, forsooth, was I to know it? 1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 165 Reserve forsooth! 1880 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Roy & Viola I. 21 A very happy couple we should have made, for-sooth. < as lemmas |
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