forerightadv.prep.adj.n.

/ˌfɔːˈrʌɪt/

Inflections: rarely with adverbial genitive -s forerights.

Etymology: < fore adv. + right adv., right adj.

†A. adv.

Directly forward, in or towards the front, straight ahead. fore-right against, directly opposite. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in forward direction > directly forwards

forthrighta1000

outrightc1400

foreright1495

straight forth1536

straightforwardsa1555

an-end1601

fair and square1805

straightforward1809

fairly and squarely1827

the world > space > relative position > opposite position > opposite [preposition] > directly opposite

fore-again1506

fore-right against1548

in (the) face of1607

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xviii. lxiv. sig. eei/1 A yonge Cowe..is prickyd wyth a prycke & compellyd to folowe euen & foreryght [a1398 BL Add. forthright] the steppes & fores of oxen.

1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Aduersus..fore ryght againste.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xix. f. 30 The litell toune y^t ye see yonder foreright ayenst you.

1608 R. Armin Nest of Ninnies sig. A2 To looke fore-right I cannot because iudgement out-lookes mee.

1659 J. Leak tr. I. de Caus New Inventions Water-works 30 The difference is that, this here is seen fore-right, and that other upon one side.

1663 R. Stapleton Slighted Maid i. 3 Fil. Hey boy! how sits the Wind? Gios. Fore-right, and a brisk Gale.

1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad VI. xxii. 189 No less fore-right the rapid Chace they held.

1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xl. 191 Surveying it transversely..then foreright,—then this way, and then that.

1796 C. Marshall Introd. Knowl. & Pract. Gardening xii. 217 Some..leave a sprinking of short stubs,..but let them not advance far foreright.

B. prep.

†1. Straight along. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > a straight course > straight along [preposition]

foreright1650

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine v. vii. 156 Sailing (not athwart the breadth..but) almost foreright the length of the lake.

2. Opposite, over against. dialect.

ΚΠ

1858 in Hughes Scouring White Horse 140 Vp, vorights the Castle round They did zet I on the ground.

C. adj.

†1.

a. Of a path, road, etc.: Directly in front of one, straight forward. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > a straight course > [adjective]

forthrightc1000

rightOE

evenc1175

straightc1400

directa1500

right forth1561

outright1582

ungiddy1615

undeclined1638

forerighta1640

rectilinear1651

right-lined1702

rectilineala1774

arrow-straight1834

straightaway1874

point-to-point1930

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [adjective] > of roads or directions: straight, direct

gaina1000

evenc1175

readyc1330

graith1352

nigh1516

right1567

near1579

forerighta1640

bain1864

a1640 P. Massinger Parl. of Love (1976) iii. iii. 94 You did but poynt mee out a fore right waie To leade to certaine happines.

a1669 W. Somner Treat. Rom. Ports & Forts Kent (1693) 50 A direct and foreright continued current and passage.

1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ix. 151 A straight or Foreright Ascent.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. xxxiv. 125 You have only had the fore-right path you were in overwhelmed.

†b. Of a wind: Straight on the line of one's course, favourable. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > favourable (of wind)

fairlOE

likinga1387

menablea1393

goodc1425

merrya1571

furthering1599

foreright1605

following1839

1605 G. Chapman et al. Eastward Hoe iii. sig. E*2 Ther's a foreright winde continually wafts vs tell we come at Virginia.

?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) iii. 244 Nor ever left the wind his foreright force.

1632 F. Quarles Divine Fancies (1660) ii. xciv. 95 His sayle Being fill'd and prosper'd with a fore-right Gale.

2. Of a branch, etc.: Shooting straight out.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [adjective]

steepc1000

tooting?c1225

strutting1387

prominent?1440

extant1540

eminent?1541

pouting1563

poking1566

out1576

egregious1578

promontory1579

out-pointed1585

buttinga1593

outjetting1598

perking1598

jettying1609

juttying1609

out-jutting1611

outstanding1611

upsticking1611

out-shooting1622

jutting1624

outgrowing1625

rank1625

toting1645

projectinga1652

porrected1653

protruded1654

protruding1654

upcast1658

protending1659

jettinga1661

raised1663

starting1680

emersed1686

exerted1697

projective1703

jet-out1709

exorbitant1715

sticking1715

foreright1736

poky1754

perked-up1779

salient1789

prouda1800

overdriven1812

extrusive1816

stand-up1818

shouldering1824

jutty1827

outflung1830

sticky-out1839

sticking-up1852

outreaching1853

protrusive1858

out-thrusting1869

stickout1884

protrudent1891

1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. iii. 315 Take off all fore-right or trailing Branches.

1802 W. Forsyth Treat. Fruit-trees ii. 20 They will frequently throw out small dugs, or foreright shoots.

1882 Gardeners' Chron. 17 675 Removing..all foreright shoots.

3. dialect. Of persons:

a. Going straight ahead without regard of consequences, headstrong.

ΚΠ

1736 S. Pegge Alphabet of Kenticisms (E.D.S.) s.v. (given as a ‘Hants’ word).

1853 W. D. Cooper Gloss. Provincialisms Sussex (ed. 2) 46 Fore-right, headstrong.

b. Honest, straightforward; also, plain-spoken, blunt.

ΚΠ

1810 Devon & Cornwall Voc. in Monthly Mag. June 436 ‘A foreright man’, that is, a plain honest man.

1880 L. Parr Adam & Eve II. 213 Be foreright in all you do.

D. n. [The adjective used absol.]

†a. Something straightforward (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > [noun] > direct communication

foreright1754

1754 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VII. xiii. 75 We women sometimes choose to come at a point by the round-abouts, rather than by the fore-rights.

b. A foreright shoot; cf. C. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > shoot, sprout, or branch > [noun] > straight

foreright1882

1882 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener & Home Farmer 6 Apr. 288 The forerights unless strong being treated similarly.

c. dialect (see quot.).

ΚΠ

1797 R. Polwhele Old Eng. Gentleman 54 Then..Cut from the buttock a convenient slice, And..Salute the fore~right with as keen a knife. Note, ‘Foreright’ is the coarsest sort of wheaten bread, made of the meal, with all the bran.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	foreright
释义	forerightadv.prep.adj.n. /ˌfɔːˈrʌɪt/ Inflections: rarely with adverbial genitive -s forerights. Etymology: < fore adv. + right adv., right adj. †A. adv. Directly forward, in or towards the front, straight ahead. fore-right against, directly opposite. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in forward direction > directly forwards forthrighta1000 outrightc1400 foreright1495 straight forth1536 straightforwardsa1555 an-end1601 fair and square1805 straightforward1809 fairly and squarely1827 the world > space > relative position > opposite position > opposite [preposition] > directly opposite fore-again1506 fore-right against1548 in (the) face of1607 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xviii. lxiv. sig. eei/1 A yonge Cowe..is prickyd wyth a prycke & compellyd to folowe euen & foreryght [a1398 BL Add. forthright] the steppes & fores of oxen. 1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Aduersus..fore ryght againste. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xix. f. 30 The litell toune y^t ye see yonder foreright ayenst you. 1608 R. Armin Nest of Ninnies sig. A2 To looke fore-right I cannot because iudgement out-lookes mee. 1659 J. Leak tr. I. de Caus New Inventions Water-works 30 The difference is that, this here is seen fore-right, and that other upon one side. 1663 R. Stapleton Slighted Maid i. 3 Fil. Hey boy! how sits the Wind? Gios. Fore-right, and a brisk Gale. 1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad VI. xxii. 189 No less fore-right the rapid Chace they held. 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xl. 191 Surveying it transversely..then foreright,—then this way, and then that. 1796 C. Marshall Introd. Knowl. & Pract. Gardening xii. 217 Some..leave a sprinking of short stubs,..but let them not advance far foreright. B. prep. †1. Straight along. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > a straight course > straight along [preposition] foreright1650 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine v. vii. 156 Sailing (not athwart the breadth..but) almost foreright the length of the lake. 2. Opposite, over against. dialect. ΚΠ 1858 in Hughes Scouring White Horse 140 Vp, vorights the Castle round They did zet I on the ground. C. adj. †1. a. Of a path, road, etc.: Directly in front of one, straight forward. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > a straight course > [adjective] forthrightc1000 rightOE evenc1175 straightc1400 directa1500 right forth1561 outright1582 ungiddy1615 undeclined1638 forerighta1640 rectilinear1651 right-lined1702 rectilineala1774 arrow-straight1834 straightaway1874 point-to-point1930 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [adjective] > of roads or directions: straight, direct gaina1000 evenc1175 readyc1330 graith1352 nigh1516 right1567 near1579 forerighta1640 bain1864 a1640 P. Massinger Parl. of Love (1976) iii. iii. 94 You did but poynt mee out a fore right waie To leade to certaine happines. a1669 W. Somner Treat. Rom. Ports & Forts Kent (1693) 50 A direct and foreright continued current and passage. 1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ix. 151 A straight or Foreright Ascent. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. xxxiv. 125 You have only had the fore-right path you were in overwhelmed. †b. Of a wind: Straight on the line of one's course, favourable. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > favourable (of wind) fairlOE likinga1387 menablea1393 goodc1425 merrya1571 furthering1599 foreright1605 following1839 1605 G. Chapman et al. Eastward Hoe iii. sig. E2 Ther's a foreright winde continually wafts vs tell we come at Virginia. ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses* (new ed.) iii. 244 Nor ever left the wind his foreright force. 1632 F. Quarles Divine Fancies (1660) ii. xciv. 95 His sayle Being fill'd and prosper'd with a fore-right Gale. 2. Of a branch, etc.: Shooting straight out. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [adjective] steepc1000 tooting?c1225 strutting1387 prominent?1440 extant1540 eminent?1541 pouting1563 poking1566 out1576 egregious1578 promontory1579 out-pointed1585 buttinga1593 outjetting1598 perking1598 jettying1609 juttying1609 out-jutting1611 outstanding1611 upsticking1611 out-shooting1622 jutting1624 outgrowing1625 rank1625 toting1645 projectinga1652 porrected1653 protruded1654 protruding1654 upcast1658 protending1659 jettinga1661 raised1663 starting1680 emersed1686 exerted1697 projective1703 jet-out1709 exorbitant1715 sticking1715 foreright1736 poky1754 perked-up1779 salient1789 prouda1800 overdriven1812 extrusive1816 stand-up1818 shouldering1824 jutty1827 outflung1830 sticky-out1839 sticking-up1852 outreaching1853 protrusive1858 out-thrusting1869 stickout1884 protrudent1891 1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. iii. 315 Take off all fore-right or trailing Branches. 1802 W. Forsyth Treat. Fruit-trees ii. 20 They will frequently throw out small dugs, or foreright shoots. 1882 Gardeners' Chron. 17 675 Removing..all foreright shoots. 3. dialect. Of persons: a. Going straight ahead without regard of consequences, headstrong. ΚΠ 1736 S. Pegge Alphabet of Kenticisms (E.D.S.) s.v. (given as a ‘Hants’ word). 1853 W. D. Cooper Gloss. Provincialisms Sussex (ed. 2) 46 Fore-right, headstrong. b. Honest, straightforward; also, plain-spoken, blunt. ΚΠ 1810 Devon & Cornwall Voc. in Monthly Mag. June 436 ‘A foreright man’, that is, a plain honest man. 1880 L. Parr Adam & Eve II. 213 Be foreright in all you do. D. n. [The adjective used absol.] †a. Something straightforward (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > communication > [noun] > direct communication foreright1754 1754 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VII. xiii. 75 We women sometimes choose to come at a point by the round-abouts, rather than by the fore-rights. b. A foreright shoot; cf. C. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > shoot, sprout, or branch > [noun] > straight foreright1882 1882 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener & Home Farmer 6 Apr. 288 The forerights unless strong being treated similarly. c. dialect (see quot.). ΚΠ 1797 R. Polwhele Old Eng. Gentleman 54 Then..Cut from the buttock a convenient slice, And..Salute the fore~right with as keen a knife. Note, ‘Foreright’ is the coarsest sort of wheaten bread, made of the meal, with all the bran. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adv.prep.adj.n.1495
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