Refine this word faster

Stronger alternatives Opposite tone Use in context Cross-language nuance

Foretoken

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A prognostic; a premonitory sign; warning or presentiment.

    "Therefore know you Gentlemen (to whom from my harte I wish that it may not proue ominous foretoke[n] of misfortune to haue mette with such a miser as I am) that whatsoeuer my sonne (ô God, that trueth binds me to reproch him with the name of my sonne) hath said, is true."

  2. 2
    an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To betoken beforehand; prognosticate; foreshadow; give warning of; presage. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English foretokne, fortacne, from Old English foretācn, foretācen (“foretoken, presage, prognostic, prodigy, sign, wonder”), equivalent to fore- + token. Cognate with Dutch voorteken, German Low German Vörteken, German Vorzeichen.

Etymology 2

From Middle English *foretoknen, fortaknen, from Old English foretācnian (“to foreshow”).

See also for "foretoken"

Synonyms Antonyms Rhymes Sentences Translate Word Type Pronunciation Word Forms

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciation

Mini challenge

Unscramble this word: foretoken