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sooth¹

  • /suːθ/

Rhymes with -uːθ

Where it comes from

From Middle English sooth, from Old English sōþ (“truth; true, actual, real”), from Proto-West Germanic *sanþ, from Proto-Germanic *sanþaz (“truth; true”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sónts, *h₁s-ont- (“being, existence, real, true”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”).

Akin to Old Saxon sōþ (“true”), Old High German sand (“true”), Old Norse sannr (“true”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰 (sunja, “truth”), Old English synn (“sin, guilt"; literally, "being the one guilty”). More at sin. See also soothe, derived from the same Old English word.

noun

  1. archaic, uncountable Truth. In sooth, I know not why I am so sad.
  2. obsolete, uncountable Augury; prognostication. The sooth of birds, by beating of their wings.
  3. obsolete, uncountable Blandishment; cajolery.
  4. obsolete, uncountable Reality; fact.

adjective soother · soothest

  1. archaic True.
  2. obsolete Pleasing; delightful; sweet. The soothest shepherd that e'er pip'd on plains

adverb

  1. archaic, not comparable In truth; indeed. That shall I sooth (said he) to you declare.

sooth²

verb sooths · soothing · soothed

  1. obsolete Obsolete form of soothe.soothe To be ſhort, a wretched and curſed generation they be; hypocrites, pretending friendſhip, but they can not skill of plaine dealing and franke ſpeech. Rich men they claw, ſooth up and flatter: the poore they contemne and deſpiſe.

sooth³

noun

  1. alternative, uncountable Alternative form of saunth (“type of chutney”).saunth

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