adj
soothfast
Soothfast (adj) means (archaic) Genuinely true or real.
adj
1
(archaic) Genuinely true or real.
"“I'll take your word for it,” said he, with another glance at a very soothfast mask that came down on as sweet a pair of lips as ever man took craving for."
— Neil Munro, Brian D. Osborne (2022)
"And hereby mayest thou see and learn, that there is no soothfast security, nor yet no true rest in this life."
— Evelyn Underhill, The Cloud of Unknowing (2022)
2
(archaic) Honest and truthful, sticking closely to the facts.
"But he said to her, “Nay, mother mine, indeed he is soothfast and lieth not; for that, in the first of his dealing, he tried me and now his intent is to accomplish unto me his promise.”"
— Richard Francis Burton, John Payne (2015)
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Etymology
Comes from Middle English sothfast, from Old English sōþfæst (“true, trustworthy”), from Proto-West Germanic *sanþafast; equivalent to sooth + fast.
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What is the meaning of soothfast?
"soothfast" (adj) means (archaic) Genuinely true or real.
What are the different meanings of soothfast?
"soothfast" has 2 main meanings: 1. (archaic) Genuinely true or real; 2. (archaic) Honest and truthful, sticking closely to the facts.
