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Webster 1913 Edition

Sooth

Sooth

(soōth)
,
Adj.
; also
adv.
[
Com
par.
Soother
(soōth′ẽr)
;
sup
erl.
Soothest
.]
[OE.
soth
, AS.
sōð
, for
sanð
; akin to OS.
sōð
, OHG.
sand
, Icel.
sannr
, Sw.
sann
, Dan.
sand
, Skr.
sat
,
sant
, real, genuine, present, being; properly p. pr. from a root meaning, to be, Skr.
as
, L.
esse
; also akin to Goth.
sunjis
true, Gr.
ἐτεός
, Skr.
satya
. √9. Cf.
Absent
,
Am
,
Essence
,
Is
,
Soothe
,
Sutee
.]
1.
True; faithful; trustworthy.
[Obs. or Scot.]
The sentence [meaning] of it
sooth
is, out of doubt.
Chaucer.
That shall I
sooth
(said he) to you declare.
Spensser.
2.
Pleasing; delightful; sweet.
[R.]
The
soothest
shepherd that ever piped on plains.
Milton.
With jellies
soother
than the creamy curd.
Keats.

Sooth

,
Noun.
[AS.
sōð
. See
Sooth
,
Adj.
]
1.
Truth; reality.
[Archaic]
The
sooth
it this, the cut fell to the knight.
Chaucer.
In
sooth
, I know not why I am so sad.
Shakespeare
In good
sooth
,
Its mystery is love, its meaninng youth.
Longfellow.
2.
Augury; prognostication.
[Obs.]
The
soothe
of birds by beating of their wings.
Spenser.
3.
Blandishment; cajolery.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sooth

SOOTH

, n.
1.
Truth; reality.
2.
Prognostication.
3.
Sweetness; kindness.

SOOTH

, a.
1.
Pleasing; delightful.
2.
True; faithful.

Definition 2024

sooth

sooth

English

Noun

sooth ‎(uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Truth.
    • William Shakespeare (Merchant of Venice, Act I, Scene 1)
      In sooth, I know not why I am so sad.
    • Longfellow
      In good sooth, / Its mystery is love, its meaning youth.
  2. (obsolete) augury; prognostication
    • Spenser
      The sooth of birds, by beating of their wings.
  3. (obsolete) blandishment; cajolery
  4. (obsolete) reality; fact

Translations

Derived terms

Adjective

sooth ‎(comparative soother, superlative soothest)

  1. (archaic) True.
    • Spenser
      That shall I sooth (said he) to you declare.
  2. (obsolete) Pleasing; delightful; sweet.
    • Milton
      the soothest shepherd that ever piped on plains
    • Keats
      with jellies soother than the creamy curd

See also

Anagrams

Scots

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suθ/

Etymology

From Old English sūþ, from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą.

Adjective

sooth ‎(not comparable)

  1. south

Adverb

sooth ‎(not comparable)

  1. south

Noun

sooth ‎(uncountable)

  1. south

Etymology

From Middle English sooth, from Old English sōþ ‎(“truth", also "true, actual, real”), from Proto-Germanic *sanþaz ‎(“truth; true”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sónts, *es-ont- ‎(“being, existence, real, true”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-, *es- ‎(“to be”). Akin to Old Saxon sōþ ‎(“true”), Old High German sand ‎(“true”), Old Norse sannr ‎(“true”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰 ‎(sunja, “truth”), Old English sēon ‎(“to be”), Old English synn ‎(“sin, guilt"; literally, "being the one guilty”). More at sin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suːθ/

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