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forespoken

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fore-spo-ken
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Spoken beforehand or in advance; foretold; predicted.

verb

past participle of forespeak.

Etymology

From Middle English forsprecen, from Old English foresprecen (“spoken or mentioned before; forespoken”), past participle of Old English foresprecan (“to forespeak”), equivalent to fore- + spoken; also, as the past participle of forespeak, equivalent to forespoke + -n.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more forespoken (comparative) most forespoken (superlative)

Questions

What does forespoken mean?
Spoken beforehand or in advance; foretold; predicted.
Where does forespoken come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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