foresnatch
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Friends of the people! — glorious name, indeed, If these bestow, not you foresnatch, the meed — Your motive, not your means, the Muse admires, Whom kindred aims — congenial zeal inspires; [...]"
- "[...] at once reach the objects of her infant admiration and draw them nearer to her eagerness, then ran with pouting lips to foresnatch her father's kisses."
- "Hoar Pindus, from his rocky barriers, Looks on thy ranks of gay-plumed warriors, And sees an ominous sight : The leafy tent for victory graced, Foresnatching fate with impious haste From gods that rule the fight."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Usage
- British usage
- Transitive verb
Inflected Forms
foresnatches (present, singular)
foresnatching (participle, present)
foresnatched (participle, past)
foresnatched (past)