troth Hear it!

troth Definition

troth (trôt̸h, trōt̸h, trät̸h)

noun

  1. faithfulness; loyalty
  2. truth: chiefly in phrase in troth, truly; indeed
  3. one's pledged word; promise

Etymology: ME trouthe (see truth), with specialized form & meaning

transitive verb

to pledge to marry

troth* Synonyms

troth*

n.

  1. A promise

    word of honor, declaration, pledge; see promise 1.

  2. Faithfulness

    loyalty, truth, fidelity; see loyalty.

troth Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • plight: For as the man by whom, 30 thy deadly dolors bred: Without regard of plighted troth, from CARTHAGE CITIE fled.
troth Quotes

I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I Did, till we loved? were we not weaned till then? But sucked on country pleasures, childishly?

—Donne,John

To have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part, according to God's holy ordinance; and thereto I plight thee my troth.

—Book of Common Prayer

Browse dictionary entries near troth

  1. ‹ trot out
  2. ‹ trot
  3. ‹ Trossachs
  4. ‹ -tropy
  5. ‹ troppo
  6. ‹ -tropous
  7. ‹ tropospheric scatter
  8. ‹ troposphere
  9. ‹ troposcatter
  10. ‹ tropophyte
  1. trothplight ›
  2. trotline ›
  3. Trotsky ›
  4. trotter ›
  5. trotyl ›
  6. trou-de-loup ›
  7. troubadour ›
  8. trouble ›
  9. troubled ›
  10. troublemaker ›