Foresmack

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A foretaste; a taste or sampling of things to come. no-plural, nonstandard, rare

    "I know well thou wast foretasting my praise, as I returned to our study with a lively foresmack of thy biscuit."

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foretasteforetaste

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"I know well thou wast foretasting my praise, as I returned to our study with a lively foresmack of thy biscuit."

Etymology

From fore- + smack (“taste”). Cognate with Dutch voorsmaak (“foretaste”), German Vorgeschmack (“foretaste”), Swedish försmak (“foretaste”).

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