| 单词 | yea-forsooth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyea-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. < as lemmas |
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