soth
9.9
True and based on real facts
- adjective
- Archaic
- The villagers told a soth account of the events that could not be denied.
Examples
-
Legends often mix soth tales with fanciful stories to entertain listeners.
-
He swore his words were soth, spoken with honesty and conviction.
-
Indeed, it is soth!
-
The tale is soth.
-
The villagers told a soth account of the events that could not be denied.
-
He swore his words were soth, spoken with honesty and conviction.
-
Legends often mix soth tales with fanciful stories to entertain listeners.
How True
Surface Forms
soth positive
Etymology
Soth comes from an old English word sooth meaning 'true', as in the old phrase in sooth. So, when something is soth it is honest, real, and based on fact.