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soth

soth

1 9.9
The real facts of a situation
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : verdad
  • In ancient times, the wise man sought the soth of the matter before making his decision.

Examples

  • Her desire to find the soth drove her to explore every corner of the ancient library.

  • The quest for soth in the old texts revealed secrets long forgotten by the world.

  • You seem to be in the Alec Soth vein of road-bound photographers, where you not only observe your surroundings and photograph landscapes, but you meet people and learn about them as well.

    Blog text (9)
  • By contrast with Boime's positivistic reading, Soth has interpreted the Starry Night as "a religious picture, a sublimation of impulses that, since Van Gogh's loss of faith... could not find their outlet in conventional Christian imagery."

    Academic text (1993)

Synonyms

truth
vssoth
1.0

A fact that shows how things really are

is an archaic or poetic form rather than the common modern term
sooth
vssoth
  • Archaic
1 9.9

The truth or what is real

is the same meaning but written in a different older form
thusness
vssoth
  • Formal
1 9.9

The true nature of things as they really are

is a simple archaic label for reality not the philosophical concept

Antonyms

lie
2.7

A false statement told to trick someone

46 4.3

A statement that is not true

Surface Forms

soth singular
soths plural

Etymology

Soth as a noun comes from the old English word sooth meaning 'truth', and the same root appears in soothsayer ('one who speaks truth'). So soth means the 'truth' or what is real.