# forsooth

> English word · Adverb · IPA /fɔɹˈsuθ/

## Definitions
1. Used as an intensifier, often ironic: indeed, really, truthfully.

## Etymology
From Middle English forsothe, forsoþe, for sothe, from Old English for sōþ (“truly, for certain, forsooth”), equivalent to for (“for, by”) + sooth (“truth”).

## Source
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