yea-forsooth

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Noting one saying to anything yea and forsooth, which latter was not a phrase of genteel society.

adj. archaic Pertaining to or indicative of one who says yea and forsooth; not belonging to genteel society.

“a rascally yea-forsooth knave! to bear a gentleman in hand, and then stand upon security.”

Act I. Scene II. The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth
“a rascally yea-forsooth knave! to bear a gentleman in hand, and then stand upon security!”

The Second Part of King Henry IV

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