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forsooth

American  
[fawr-sooth] / fɔrˈsuθ /

adverb

Archaic.

  1. (now used in derision or to express disbelief ) in truth; in fact; indeed.

forsooth British  
/ fəˈsuːθ /

adverb

  1. archaic in truth; indeed

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Etymology

Origin of forsooth

before 900; Middle English forsothe, Old English forsōth. See for, sooth

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