sooth
sooth · soother · soothest
TrueTrue.
/suːθ/
» "Thou speakest sooth." "Why are you talking like that, Tom?"
„Wahrheit klinget von deinem Munde.“ – „Warum redest du so, Tom?“
Meaning
2 senses(archaic)True.
(obsolete)Pleasing; delightful; sweet.
Examples
1 sentences"Thou speakest sooth." "Why are you talking like that, Tom?"
de„Wahrheit klinget von deinem Munde.“ – „Warum redest du so, Tom?“ — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
From Middle English sooth, from Old English sōþ (“truth; true, actual, real”), from Proto-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”).
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Forms
soother, soothestWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form