Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

foresmack

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fores-mack
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A foretaste; a taste or sampling of things to come.

Example Sentences

"I know well thou wast foretasting my praise, as I returned to our study with a lively foresmack of thy biscuit."
""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.""

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Prefix: fore

Questions

What does foresmack mean?: A foretaste; a taste or sampling of things to come.
Where does foresmack come from?: From fore- + smack (“taste”). Cognate with Dutch voorsmaak (“foretaste”), German Vorgeschmack (“foretaste”), Swedish försmak (“foretaste”).

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