the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
interjection. Indeed; forsooth.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Forsooth! indeed! originally a parenthetical phrase used in repeating the words of another with more or less contempt or disdain.
Word Usage
"Hereupon Mr. Worldly Wiseman was much commoved with passion, and shaking his cane with a very threatful countenance, broke forth upon this wise: “Learning, quotha!” said he; “I would have all such rogues scourged by the Hangman!”"