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English
Etymology
From in + sooth.
Adverb
insooth (not comparable)
- (obsolete) truly
c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Insooth, good friend, your father might have kept
This Calfe, bred from his Cow from all the world
1822, The smile and the tear:Said a smile to a tear.
On the cheek of my dear,
That becam'd like the sun in spring weather
Insooth, love Tear,
It strange must appear,
That we should be both here together.
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