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truth
English
Alternative forms
- trewth (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English trouthe, truthe, trewthe, treowthe, from Old English tr?owþ, tr?ewþ (“truth, veracity, faith, fidelity, loyalty, honour, pledge, covenant”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiþ? (“promise, covenant, contract”), from Proto-Indo-European *dr?- (“tree”), from Proto-Indo-European *deru- (“firm, solid”), equivalent to true +? -th. Cognate with Norwegian trygd (“trustworthiness, security, insurance”), Icelandic tryggð (“loyalty, fidelity”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: tr??th, IPA(key): /t?u??/
- Rhymes: -u??
Noun
truth (usually uncountable, plural truths)
- True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality.
- Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy.
- The state or quality of being true to someone or something.
- (archaic) Faithfulness, fidelity.
- 1797-1816, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Christabel
- Alas! they had been friends in youth, / But whispering tongues can poison truth.
- 1797-1816, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Christabel
- (obsolete) A pledge of loyalty or faith.
- Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, model, etc.
- Ploughs, […] to make them go true, […] depends much upon the truth of the ironwork.
- 1840, Joseph Whitworth, "A Paper on Plane Metallic Surfaces or True Planes":
- The process of grinding is, in fact, regarded as indispensable wherever truth is required, yet that of scraping is calculated to produce a higher degree of truth than has ever been attained by grinding.
- That which is real, in a deeper sense; spiritual or ‘genuine’ reality.
- (countable) Something acknowledged to be true; a true statement or axiom.
- (physics, dated) Topness; the property of a truth quark.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:truth
Antonyms
- falsehood, falsity, lie, nonsense, drivel, untruth, half-truth
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
truth (third-person singular simple present truths, present participle truthing, simple past and past participle truthed)
- (obsolete, transitive) To assert as true; to declare; to speak truthfully.
- c. 1636 John Ford, The Fancies Chaste and Noble
- Had they [the ancients] dreamt this, they would have truthed it heaven.
- c. 1636 John Ford, The Fancies Chaste and Noble
- To make exact; to correct for inaccuracy.
- (nonstandard, intransitive) To tell the truth.
- 1966, Nancy Sinatra, "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"
- You keep lying, when you oughta be truthin'
- 1966, Nancy Sinatra, "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"
See also
- truth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- truth at OneLook Dictionary Search
- truth in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- truth in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Hurtt
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troth
English
Etymology
From Middle English troth, trothe, trouthe, trowthe, a variant of treuth, treuthe, treouthe (“allegiance, fidelity, faithfulness, loyalty; oath, pledge, promise; betrothal or marriage vow; betrothal; honour, integrity; holiness, righteousness; confidence, trust; creed, faith; fact, reality, truth”), from Old English tr?owþ, tr?ewþ (“truth, veracity; faith, fidelity; covenant, pledge”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiþ? (“contract; promise”), equivalent to true +? -th. See further at truth.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /t????/, /t???/
- (General American) IPA(key): /t?o??/, /t???/
Noun
troth (countable and uncountable, plural troths)
- (countable, archaic) An oath, pledge, or promise.
- (countable, archaic) A pledge or promise to marry someone.
- (countable, archaic) The state of being thus pledged; betrothal, engagement.
- (countable, archaic) A pledge or promise to marry someone.
- (countable, uncountable, archaic) Truth; something true.
Derived terms
Related terms
- truth
Translations
References
Verb
troth (third-person singular simple present troths, present participle trothing, simple past and past participle trothed)
- (obsolete) To pledge to marry somebody.
Further reading
- troth (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- troth in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- troth in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- troth at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- thort
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