foresmack

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foresmack

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

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no plural, nonstandard, rare A foretaste; a taste or sampling of things to come. 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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@misc{foresmack_2026,
  title = {foresmack},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/foresmack},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}