Soothfast Definition

so͝othfăst
adjective
Truthful or loyal.
Webster's New World
True or real.
Webster's New World
Wiktionary
Wiktionary
adverb
Actually; truthfully.
I care not if the pomps you show be what they soothfast appear. --Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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Origin of Soothfast

  • Middle English sothfast from Old English sōþfæst (“true, trustworthy"), from sōþ (“true, sooth") + -fæst from fæst (“firm, secure, fast"). More at sooth, fast

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English sothfast from Old English sōthfæst sōth truth sooth fæst fixed, fast fast1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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