Word
of the Day for Tuesday 9th September 2014
Troth\trawth,
trohth\
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noun
1. One’s word or promise, especially in engaging oneself to marry.
2. Faithfulness, fidelity, or loyalty: by my troth.
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Quotes
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Now, in troth, 'tis a great pity, quoth mine Irish host,
that all this good courtship should be lost; for the young gentlewoman has
been after going out of hearing of it all along.
-- Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy,
Gentleman, 1767
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Origin
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Troth entered English in the 1100’s from the Middle English trowthe,
trouthe meaning "truth." It ultimately comes from the
Old English trēowth.
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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