Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forebook

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fore-book
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A prelude to a book or series of books; a preface.

Example Sentences

"Could it be that for the writer everything happens in a forebook whose end he cannot see, whose end is in his book?"
"At Wisconsin, Galpin also wrote a "forebook" to what was to be an eight-book series on rural life [...]"

Etymology

From fore- + book.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: fore

Inflected Forms

forebooks (plural) fore-book (alternative)

Questions

What does forebook mean?: A prelude to a book or series of books; a preface.
Where does forebook come from?: From fore- + book.

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