Aforespoken

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Spoken previously.

    "It gratifies me to tell you, as readers, that many genuine cases of filled teeth, crown-work and bridges which were exhumed in various parts of Italy, Greece, Etruria and Egypt, are on exhibition in the present Columbian World's Fair, and I hope the writer of the aforespoken disclaimer can have the pleasure of acknowledging his mistake."

Example

More examples

"It gratifies me to tell you, as readers, that many genuine cases of filled teeth, crown-work and bridges which were exhumed in various parts of Italy, Greece, Etruria and Egypt, are on exhibition in the present Columbian World's Fair, and I hope the writer of the aforespoken disclaimer can have the pleasure of acknowledging his mistake."

Etymology

From afore- + spoken.

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