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foresmack

foresmack noun: a foretaste; a taste or sampling of things to come.

Noun

foresmack (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, nonstandard, rare) A foretaste; a taste or sampling of things to come.
    • I know well thou wast foretasting my praise, as I returned to our study with a lively foresmack of thy biscuit.1893, James Vila Blake, More than kin
    • "I have a guardian's right, at least, thou wanton, to strip thee bare and flog thy back and butt till such foresmack of hell has chastened thee."1976, Poul Anderson, A midsummer tempest

Origin of foresmack

From fore- + smack (“taste”). Cognate with Dutch voorsmaak (“foretaste”), German Vorgeschmack (“foretaste”), Swedish försmak (“foretaste”).

Questions about foresmack

What does foresmack mean?
Foresmack means a foretaste; a taste or sampling of things to come.
What part of speech is foresmack?
Foresmack is a noun.

Words near foresmack in the dictionary

  1. foreslopes
  2. foreslow
  3. foreslowed
  4. foreslowing
  5. foreslows
  6. foresmack
  7. Foresman
  8. Foresmans
  9. foresmell
  10. foresmelling
  11. foresmells

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