forslow
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[I]f you can thinke vpon any preſent meanes for his deliuerie, doe not forſlow it."
- "But by no meanes my way I would forslow / For ought that ever she could doe or say […]"
- "The wond'ring Nereids, though they rais'd no storm, / Foreslow'd her passage, to behold her form."
- "Foreslow no longer, make we hence amaine."
Etymology
From Middle English forslowen, forslewen (“to neglect”), from Old English forslāwian, forslǣwan (“to be slow, unwilling, delay, put off”), equivalent to for- + slow.