This week’s theme
Verbing the noun

This week’s words
blazon
spitchcock
physic
troth
barnacle

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PRONUNCIATION:

(troth, trohth)

MEANING:

noun:	1. One’s pledged word, loyalty, or fidelity.
	2. Truth.
	3. Betrothal.
verb tr.:	To pledge or betroth.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Old English treowth (fidelity, truth), from treowe (faithful). Ultimately from the Indo-European root deru- (to be firm), which gave us truth, trust, tree, endure, druid, during, durable, duress, trow and indurate. Earliest documented use: noun 1175, verb 1400.

USAGE:

“[Minnesota State Rep. Drew Christensen] is planning to move a Bill to ban the winner of a reality show from the state for jilting a girl from there. Clearly, the lawmaker was not the only one incensed by The Bachelor in question going back on his troth on the finale of the TV show.”
Truth Is Stranger Than Reality TV; The Economic Times (New Delhi, India); Mar 10, 2018.

“I am trothed to do your bidding.”
Erin O’Quinn; Storm Maker; Siren-BookStrand; 2012.

See more usage examples of troth in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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