Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

foresmell

/ˈfɔːsmɛl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fores-mell
IPA: /ˈfɔːsmɛl/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A smell which precedes or comes before something.

verb

To smell in advance.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"His father, a man of sixty, shorter than Hugh and also pudgier, had aged unappetizingly during his recent widowhood; his things let off a characteristic foresmell, faint but unmistakable, and he grunted and sighed in his sleep, dreaming of large unwieldy blocks of blackness [...]."
""I do not foresmell any immediate harm to thee from the harness, but as you might run a risk in using it, perhaps it will be safest for me to take it," said the Medium."

Etymology

From fore- + smell.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: fore

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈfɔːsmɛl/

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

foresmells (plural) foresmells (present, singular) foresmelling (participle, present) foresmelt (participle, past) foresmelt (past)

Questions

How do you pronounce foresmell?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɔːsmɛl/.
What does foresmell mean?: A smell which precedes or comes before something.
Where does foresmell come from?: From fore- + smell.

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