Sooth - What does it mean?
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(archaic) Truth.
* (Merchant of Venice , Act I, Scene 1)
* Longfellow
(obsolete) augury; prognostication
* Spenser
(obsolete) blandishment; cajolery
(obsolete) reality; fact
(archaic) True.
* Spenser
(obsolete) Pleasing; delightful; sweet.
* Milton
* Keats
sooth
English
Noun
(-)- In sooth , I know not why I am so sad.
- In good sooth , / Its mystery is love, its meaning youth.
- The sooth of birds, by beating of their wings.
Derived terms
* soothsayer * soothsaying * soothfast * forsoothAdjective
(er)- That shall I sooth (said he) to you declare.
- the soothest shepherd that ever piped on plains
- with jellies soother than the creamy curd