different between forsloth vs forsooth

English

Etymology

From for- +? sloth.

Verb

forsloth (third-person singular simple present forsloths, present participle forslothing, simple past and past participle forslothed)

1. (transitive) To lose, miss, neglect, spoil, or waste through sloth.

English

Etymology

From Middle English forsothe, forsoþe, for sothe, from Old English for s?þ (“truly, for certain, forsooth”), equivalent to for (“for, by”) +? sooth (“truth”).

Pronunciation

• (General American), IPA^(key): /f???su?/, enPR: fôr-s??th?
• Rhymes: -u??

Adverb

forsooth (not comparable)

1. (archaic or poetic) Used as an intensifier, often ironic: indeed, really, truthfully.

   Synonyms: in point of fact, in truth, to tell the truth; see also Thesaurus:actually

   • 1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward VI

     A fit man, forsooth, to governe a realme!

Translations

Further reading

• “fors??th, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Forsooth”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume IV (F–G), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 470, column 3.