FORETOKEN

augury, sign, foretoken, preindication

(noun) an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come; “he hoped it was an augury”; “it was a sign from God”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

foretoken (plural foretokens)

A prognostic; a premonitory sign; warning or presentment.

Etymology 2

Verb

foretoken (third-person singular simple present foretokens, present participle foretokening, simple past and past participle foretokened)

(transitive) To betoken beforehand; prognosticate; foreshadow; give warning of; presage.

Source: Wiktionary


Fore"to`ken, n. Etym: [AS. foretacen. See Token.]

Definition: Prognostic; previous omen. Sir P. Sidney.

Fore*to"ken, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foretokened; p. pr. & vb. n. Foretokening.] Etym: [AS. foretacnian; fore + tacnian.]

Definition: To foreshow; to presignify; to prognosticate. Whilst strange prodigious signs foretoken blood. Daniel.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

10 January 2025

INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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