英语词汇“yea-forsooth”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

yea-forsooth adj. now rare tending to say ‘yea forsooth’ in an ingratiating or obsequious way; (hence) characterized by superficial or obsequious agreement.

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the mind > language > statement > assent > [adjective] > addicted to saying 'yea forsooth'

yea-forsooth1600

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. ii. 36 A horeson Achitophella rascall: yea forsooth knaue, to beare a gentle man in hand, and then stand vpon security.

1859 Beacon & Christian Times 2 Feb. 88/1 Compare for a moment this kind of yea-forsooth spirit in which men discuss the question of Parliamentary Reform with the breathless questionings upon whether Europe, in a few months' time, is to have peace or war. Men are in earnest upon that point.

1933 Evening Jrnl. (Washington, Iowa) 1 Apr. 5/3 He was farthest from being a yea-forsooth man.

单词	yea-forsooth
释义	> as lemmas yea-forsooth yea-forsooth adj. now rare tending to say ‘yea forsooth’ in an ingratiating or obsequious way; (hence) characterized by superficial or obsequious agreement. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assent > [adjective] > addicted to saying 'yea forsooth' yea-forsooth1600 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. ii. 36 A horeson Achitophella rascall: yea forsooth knaue, to beare a gentle man in hand, and then stand vpon security. View more context for this quotation 1859 Beacon & Christian Times 2 Feb. 88/1 Compare for a moment this kind of yea-forsooth spirit in which men discuss the question of Parliamentary Reform with the breathless questionings upon whether Europe, in a few months' time, is to have peace or war. Men are in earnest upon that point. 1933 Evening Jrnl. (Washington, Iowa) 1 Apr. 5/3 He was farthest from being a yea-forsooth man. extracted from yeaadv.n. < as lemmas
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