forsooth
adverb/fəˈsuːθ/
/fərˈsuːθ/
(old use or humorous)- used to emphasize a statement, especially in order to show surpriseWord OriginOld English forsōth (from for + sooth ‘genuine, true’, of Germanic origin).
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