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sooth

Pronunciation: /suːθ/

The English word “sooth” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Truth.
  2. Augury; prognostication.
  3. Blandishment; cajolery.
  4. Reality; fact.

adjective

  1. True.
  2. Pleasing; delightful; sweet.

adverb

  1. In truth; indeed.

Etymology

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”),…

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