English Explanatory Dictionary

sooth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Truth.
  2. Augury; prognostication.
  3. Blandishment; cajolery.
  4. Reality; fact.
adj
  1. True.
  2. Pleasing; delightful; sweet.
adv
  1. In truth; indeed.
verb
  1. Obsolete form of soothe.
noun
  1. Alternative form of saunth (“type of chutney”).

Pronunciation

/suːθ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sooth.wav

Word forms

sooth soother soothest sooths soothing soothed

Etymology

From Middle English sooth, from Old English sōþ (“truth; true, actual, real”), from Proto-West Germanic *sanþ, from Proto-Germanic *sanþaz (“truth; true”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sónts, *h₁s-ont- (“being, existence, real, true”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”). Akin to Old Saxon sōþ (“true”), Old High German sand (“true”), Old Norse sannr (“true”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰 (sunja, “truth”), Old English synn (“sin, guilt"; literally, "being the one guilty”). More at sin. See also soothe, derived from the same Old English word.

Related words

forsooth soothe soothen soothfast soothly

Derived words

forsooth in sooth insooth soothfast soothful soothless soothly soothsaw soothsay soothsayer soothsaying soothy
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