Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

farforth

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: far-forth
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

To a great extent; far.

Obsolete

adv

To a specific extent and no farther.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"As for their cities, he that knoweth one of them, knoweth them all: they be all so like one to another, as farforth as the nature of the place permitteth."
"Thus farfourth good readers, aſwell for defence of my countrey language […] as alſo for honeſt recreation of you the nobilitie, gentelmen and Ladies, that ſtudie not Latine, I haue taken ſome trauayle to expreſſe this moſte excellente writer [Virgil]; […]"
"So long these knights discoursed diversly / Of straunge affaires, and noble hardiment, / Which they had past with mickle jeopardy, / That now the humid night was farforth spent […]"
"Know thus far forth, / By accident most strange, bountifull Fortune / (Now my deere Lady) hath mine enemies / Brought to this shore"

Etymology

From Middle English ferforth, from fer + forth. By surface analysis, far + forth.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: ferforth

Usage

Obsolete

Questions

What does farforth mean?: To a great extent; far.
Where does farforth come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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