soothfast

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Actual; real. archaic
    — So she brought him the China bowl saying in herself, “I shall know what to do when I find out if the words of my child concerning these jewels be soothfast or not”; […]
  2. Based on the truth, true; faithful; honest, veracious archaic
    — Why do not you […] bear leal and soothfast evidence in her behalf, as ye may with a clear conscience?
副词 adv.
  1. Actually; truthfully. obsolete
    — I care not if the pomps you show / Be what they soothfast appear, / Or if yon realms in sunset glow / Be bubbles of the atmosphere.

词汇关系

衍生词
soothfastly soothfastness

词源

词源 1
From Middle English sothfast, from Old English sōþfæst (“true, trustworthy”), from Proto-West Germanic *sanþafast. Equivalent to sooth + fast.
词源 2
From Middle English sothfast, from Old English sōþfæst (“true, trustworthy”), from Proto-West Germanic *sanþafast. Equivalent to sooth + fast.
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