prefiguration, foreshadowing, adumbration
(noun) the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
prefiguration
(noun) an example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come
Source: WordNet® 3.1
prefiguration (countable and uncountable, plural prefigurations)
A vague representation or suggestion of something before it has happened or been accomplished.
Something that prefigures.
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*fig`u*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. praefiguratio.]
Definition: The act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured. A variety of prophecies and prefigurations. Norris.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 January 2025
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
