foretaste
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foretaste¹
Where it comes from
From Middle English fortaste, equivalent to fore- + taste (noun).
noun foretastes
- A taste beforehand.
- A sample taken in anticipation; an experience undergone in advance. When she sang in the kirk, folk have told me that they had a foretaste of the musick of the New Jerusalem, and when she came in by the village of Caulds old men stottered to their doors to look at her.
Similar: foresmack, pregustation
foretaste²
Where it comes from
From Middle English fortasten, equivalent to fore- + taste (verb).
verb foretastes · foretasting · foretasted
- To taste beforehand.
- To taste before possession; have previous experience of; enjoy by anticipation.
- To taste before another. [...] foretast'd fruit, Profan'd first by the serpent [...]
Thesaurus
noun
Similar: foresmack, pregustation
Translations
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noun taste taken in advance
| Français | avant-goût |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Vorgeschmack |
| Italiano | presentimento, pregustazione, prelibazione |
| Русский | предвкуше́ние predvkušénije |
verb to enjoy by anticipation
| Português | prelibar |
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