truthfuladj.

Brit.

/ˈtruːθf(ᵿ)l/, U.S.

/ˈtruθf(ə)l/

Forms: see truth n. and -ful suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: truth n., -ful suffix.

Etymology: < truth n. + -ful suffix. Compare earlier trothful adj.

†1. Scottish. Faithful, loyal. Cf. trothful adj. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > [adjective]

soothfastc825

truefastOE

i-treowec1000

unfakenOE

trueOE

sickerc1100

trigc1175

strustya1250

steel to the (very) backa1300

true as steela1300

certainc1325

well-provedc1325

surec1330

traistc1330

tristc1330

trustya1350

faithfula1382

veryc1385

sada1387

discreet1387

trust1389

trothfulc1390

tristya1400

proveda1425

good-heartedc1425

well-trusted?a1439

tristfulc1440

authorizablea1475

faithworthy?1526

tentik1534

fidele1539

truthfulc1550

suresby1553

responsible1558

trestc1560

reliable1569

cocksurea1575

sound1581

trustful1582

truepenny1589

true (also good, sure) as touch1590

probable1596

confident1605

trustable1606

axiopistical1611

loyala1616

reposeful1627

confiding1645

fiducial1647

laudable1664

safe1667

accountable1683

serious1693

sponsible1721

dependable1730

unfailing1798

truthya1802

trustworthy1829

all right1841

stand-up1841

falsehood-free1850

right1856

proven1872

bankable1891

secure1954

c1550 Clariodus (1830) i. l. 924 The trewthfullest in love, and gentillest wight.

1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 283 That I suld want ȝour treuthfull companie.

a. Of an utterance, statement, etc.: conforming to the truth; true, factual; sincere.In later use as extended use of sense 2b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adjective]

aefauldOE

trueOE

true as steela1300

throlya1375

entirec1380

faithfula1382

entirelyc1400

single1519

sincere1533

sincere1539

simple-minded1556

Dunstable?1565

truthful?1567

single-hearted1574

single-minded1577

sound1580

downright1584

unaffected1592

real1597

plain-hearted1601

unartificial1603

free1619

honest1634

fair and square1636

round-dealing1642

wholehearted1657

down flata1663

well-designing1670

heart-whole1684

single-eyed1705

unsanctimoniousa1797

natural1825

bona fide1827

unfallacious1827

jannock1828

forthcoming1835

up and down1836

bonified1840

forthgoing1851

unhypocritical1854

forthright1855

upstanding1863

on the level1872

genuine1890

for real1954

upfront1967

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adjective] > of statement: agreeing with reality

soothlyc888

soothfastc950

truea1250

very1303

strait1340

honesta1400

soothfulc1400

precisec1443

veritable1474

just1490

perfect1523

faithful1529

sincere1555

unmangled1557

truthful?1567

neat1571

oraculous1612

punctual1620

oracular1631

unvamped1639

strict1645

unembroidered1649

ungarbled1721

unexaggerated1770

veracious1777

unfictitious1835

unexaggeratinga1854

uncooked1860

?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter xxxiv. 86 Fast truthfull worde confoundth all blame.

1596 R. Linche Certaine Sonnets in Diella sig. B7 My truthfull pleadings will not cause you rue.

1632 G. Wither Psalmes of David li. 96 True my finde thy Truthfull word.

1760 Ladies' Diary 29 Some truthful Reason give Why you refuse what you wou'd fain receive.

1846 in R. Coates Leaflets of Memory for 1846 48 The perfectly truthful response to every inquiry..was uniformly ‘Nothing—at least I do not know.’

1887 Spectator 2 Apr. 458/2 Criticism must be truthful, but it may also be mannerly.

1903 D. Blackburn Burgher Quixote i. 1 This truthful story of the struggles after righteousness of a once oprecht Burgher of the late South African Republic.

1957 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Oct. 637/2 A clearly truthful account of the lives and jungle-fights of those cold-hearted career-women.

2001 Village Voice (N.Y.) 9 Jan. 25/1 Grand jurors..are perfectly at liberty to accept truthful and accurate testimony and to disregard..demonstrably inaccurate testimony.

b. Of a person or his or her attributes: telling, or disposed to tell, the truth; free from deceitfulness; honest, veracious. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adjective]

soothfastc825

soothsaȝelc900

trueOE

unlighela1200

sootha1250

un-i-lowec1380

textualc1386

veritable1489

truthful1568

troth telling1579

veridical1653

verificala1660

of veracity1671

veriloquous1672

veraciousa1677

unfabling1797

veridicous1817

falsehood-free1850

trothful1861

veridic1895

1568 W. Fulwood Enimie Idlenesse iv. f. 142 Then shalbe tryde our truthfull harts, then shall our loue be showne.

1577 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. Ephesians xxx. f. 215 God will disclayme vs, vntyll we beare his mark, and bee created new agein in Iesus Christ. As how? Too bee truthfulle.

1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia i. 17 Whilst Iustice, lawes Gaue vpright hearing to thy cause; And that a truthfull tongue might speake, So long my words the yce did breake.

1622 ‘Jack Dawe’ Vox Graculi 72 If Flatt'ry be sent packing from the Court, Falshood i'th Citty, shall in Truthfull sort Then stuffe each Shop.

1677 F. Bampfield All in One 57 An unchangeable Law of the All-knowing Truthfull Creator, and Governour, and Redeemer.

1767 Ess. on Friendship 20 Let truthful Energy thy Words adorn.

1787 J. Berington Hist. Lives Abeillard & Heloisa Pref. p. xvi I profess to be as accurate as I can, and as truthful as the character of my records will allow.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. v. 132 What my poverty takes awa' frae the weight o' my counsel, grey hairs and a truthfu' heart should add it twenty times.

1860 W. G. Ward Nat. & Grace i. 109 He has given us faculties, which are truthful and not mendacious.

1921 M. E. M. MacGregor Little Miss Melody xxvi. 300 She was so loyal, so crystally truthful, so utterly self-forgetful, so generous of heart.

1974 J. Willwerth Jones: Portrait of Mugger x. 134 He is intelligent, gentle (with me), and shockingly truthful.

2004 Independent 10 Mar. (Review section) 11/3 When Bill Gates says..that Windows is becoming safer all the time, he is being absolutely truthful.

3. Esp. of an idea, artistic representation, etc.: characterized by truth; corresponding with fact or reality; true to life; accurate, exact.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adjective]

soothc825

soothlyc888

soothfastc950

rightOE

lealc1330

verilya1340

veryc1386

truea1398

soothfulc1400

real1440

vray1460

trothlike1544

of verityc1550

verimenta1592

correct1705

truthful1781

truthy1848

unillusory1853

straight-up1910

1781 Lady's Mag. Oct. 550/1 Till Edwin's falsity recall'd the scenes, So faintly pourtray'd in these truthful strains.

1843 Hull Packet 8 Dec. He gave a truthful portrait of one of Sir Walter Scott's happiest heroes.

1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. x. 163 For a long period, the truthful knowledge of what Spaniards had really achieved was slight.

1871 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. Suppl. June 9 A beautifully executed and truthful portrait.

1921 Times 17 Nov. p. xiv/5 In the proportionless plastered colonnades of the Indo-Classic there was little suggestion of the truthful lithic forms of Greece.

1973 Gramophone Sept. 549/2 The recording is warm and the stereo lends it a more open and spacious sound while the balance is reasonably truthful.

2003 Shakespeare Surv. 46 82 Deconstructionists..have found literature more truthful than other forms of discourse because it frankly acknowledges and exploits the rhetoricity of language.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	truthful
释义	truthfuladj. Brit. /ˈtruːθf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈtruθf(ə)l/ Forms: see truth n. and -ful suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: truth n., -ful suffix. Etymology: < truth n. + -ful suffix. Compare earlier trothful adj. †1. Scottish. Faithful, loyal. Cf. trothful adj. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > [adjective] soothfastc825 truefastOE i-treowec1000 unfakenOE trueOE sickerc1100 trigc1175 strustya1250 steel to the (very) backa1300 true as steela1300 certainc1325 well-provedc1325 surec1330 traistc1330 tristc1330 trustya1350 faithfula1382 veryc1385 sada1387 discreet1387 trust1389 trothfulc1390 tristya1400 proveda1425 good-heartedc1425 well-trusted?a1439 tristfulc1440 authorizablea1475 faithworthy?1526 tentik1534 fidele1539 truthfulc1550 suresby1553 responsible1558 trestc1560 reliable1569 cocksurea1575 sound1581 trustful1582 truepenny1589 true (also good, sure) as touch1590 probable1596 confident1605 trustable1606 axiopistical1611 loyala1616 reposeful1627 confiding1645 fiducial1647 laudable1664 safe1667 accountable1683 serious1693 sponsible1721 dependable1730 unfailing1798 truthya1802 trustworthy1829 all right1841 stand-up1841 falsehood-free1850 right1856 proven1872 bankable1891 secure1954 c1550 Clariodus (1830) i. l. 924 The trewthfullest in love, and gentillest wight. 1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 283 That I suld want ȝour treuthfull companie. 2. a. Of an utterance, statement, etc.: conforming to the truth; true, factual; sincere.In later use as extended use of sense 2b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adjective] aefauldOE trueOE true as steela1300 throlya1375 entirec1380 faithfula1382 entirelyc1400 single1519 sincere1533 sincere1539 simple-minded1556 Dunstable?1565 truthful?1567 single-hearted1574 single-minded1577 sound1580 downright1584 unaffected1592 real1597 plain-hearted1601 unartificial1603 free1619 honest1634 fair and square1636 round-dealing1642 wholehearted1657 down flata1663 well-designing1670 heart-whole1684 single-eyed1705 unsanctimoniousa1797 natural1825 bona fide1827 unfallacious1827 jannock1828 forthcoming1835 up and down1836 bonified1840 forthgoing1851 unhypocritical1854 forthright1855 upstanding1863 on the level1872 genuine1890 for real1954 upfront1967 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adjective] > of statement: agreeing with reality soothlyc888 soothfastc950 truea1250 very1303 strait1340 honesta1400 soothfulc1400 precisec1443 veritable1474 just1490 perfect1523 faithful1529 sincere1555 unmangled1557 truthful?1567 neat1571 oraculous1612 punctual1620 oracular1631 unvamped1639 strict1645 unembroidered1649 ungarbled1721 unexaggerated1770 veracious1777 unfictitious1835 unexaggeratinga1854 uncooked1860 ?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter xxxiv. 86 Fast truthfull worde confoundth all blame. 1596 R. Linche Certaine Sonnets in Diella sig. B7 My truthfull pleadings will not cause you rue. 1632 G. Wither Psalmes of David li. 96 True my finde thy Truthfull word. 1760 Ladies' Diary 29 Some truthful Reason give Why you refuse what you wou'd fain receive. 1846 in R. Coates Leaflets of Memory for 1846 48 The perfectly truthful response to every inquiry..was uniformly ‘Nothing—at least I do not know.’ 1887 Spectator 2 Apr. 458/2 Criticism must be truthful, but it may also be mannerly. 1903 D. Blackburn Burgher Quixote i. 1 This truthful story of the struggles after righteousness of a once oprecht Burgher of the late South African Republic. 1957 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Oct. 637/2 A clearly truthful account of the lives and jungle-fights of those cold-hearted career-women. 2001 Village Voice (N.Y.) 9 Jan. 25/1 Grand jurors..are perfectly at liberty to accept truthful and accurate testimony and to disregard..demonstrably inaccurate testimony. b. Of a person or his or her attributes: telling, or disposed to tell, the truth; free from deceitfulness; honest, veracious. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adjective] soothfastc825 soothsaȝelc900 trueOE unlighela1200 sootha1250 un-i-lowec1380 textualc1386 veritable1489 truthful1568 troth telling1579 veridical1653 verificala1660 of veracity1671 veriloquous1672 veraciousa1677 unfabling1797 veridicous1817 falsehood-free1850 trothful1861 veridic1895 1568 W. Fulwood Enimie Idlenesse iv. f. 142 Then shalbe tryde our truthfull harts, then shall our loue be showne. 1577 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. Ephesians xxx. f. 215 God will disclayme vs, vntyll we beare his mark, and bee created new agein in Iesus Christ. As how? Too bee truthfulle. 1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia i. 17 Whilst Iustice, lawes Gaue vpright hearing to thy cause; And that a truthfull tongue might speake, So long my words the yce did breake. 1622 ‘Jack Dawe’ Vox Graculi 72 If Flatt'ry be sent packing from the Court, Falshood i'th Citty, shall in Truthfull sort Then stuffe each Shop. 1677 F. Bampfield All in One 57 An unchangeable Law of the All-knowing Truthfull Creator, and Governour, and Redeemer. 1767 Ess. on Friendship 20 Let truthful Energy thy Words adorn. 1787 J. Berington Hist. Lives Abeillard & Heloisa Pref. p. xvi I profess to be as accurate as I can, and as truthful as the character of my records will allow. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. v. 132 What my poverty takes awa' frae the weight o' my counsel, grey hairs and a truthfu' heart should add it twenty times. 1860 W. G. Ward Nat. & Grace i. 109 He has given us faculties, which are truthful and not mendacious. 1921 M. E. M. MacGregor Little Miss Melody xxvi. 300 She was so loyal, so crystally truthful, so utterly self-forgetful, so generous of heart. 1974 J. Willwerth Jones: Portrait of Mugger x. 134 He is intelligent, gentle (with me), and shockingly truthful. 2004 Independent 10 Mar. (Review section) 11/3 When Bill Gates says..that Windows is becoming safer all the time, he is being absolutely truthful. 3. Esp. of an idea, artistic representation, etc.: characterized by truth; corresponding with fact or reality; true to life; accurate, exact. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adjective] soothc825 soothlyc888 soothfastc950 rightOE lealc1330 verilya1340 veryc1386 truea1398 soothfulc1400 real1440 vray1460 trothlike1544 of verityc1550 verimenta1592 correct1705 truthful1781 truthy1848 unillusory1853 straight-up1910 1781 Lady's Mag. Oct. 550/1 Till Edwin's falsity recall'd the scenes, So faintly pourtray'd in these truthful strains. 1843 Hull Packet 8 Dec. He gave a truthful portrait of one of Sir Walter Scott's happiest heroes. 1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. x. 163 For a long period, the truthful knowledge of what Spaniards had really achieved was slight. 1871 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. Suppl. June 9 A beautifully executed and truthful portrait. 1921 Times 17 Nov. p. xiv/5 In the proportionless plastered colonnades of the Indo-Classic there was little suggestion of the truthful lithic forms of Greece. 1973 Gramophone Sept. 549/2 The recording is warm and the stereo lends it a more open and spacious sound while the balance is reasonably truthful. 2003 Shakespeare Surv. 46 82 Deconstructionists..have found literature more truthful than other forms of discourse because it frankly acknowledges and exploits the rhetoricity of language. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1550
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