单词 | foretaste |
释义 | foretasten. A taste beforehand; an anticipation, partial enjoyment in advance. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [noun] > preview, foretaste arlesc1220 earnestc1225 forelook1357 foresight1422 foretaste1435 earnest pennya1438 before-tasting1526 prelibation1526 tasting1526 promise?1533 say1549 to-looka1572 handsel1573 assay1597 antepast1604 prefruitiona1631 cue1647 pregustation1656 pregustator1670 scene1691 tint1768 outlook1823 fore-view1831 preview1882 R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 86 It is trowde of euerlastynge swetnes a fortaste. c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. vii It is..a maner of fortaste of þe heuenly cuntre. 1604 T. Bilson Suruey Christs Sufferings Table at Hell The foretast of iudgement in Hell. 1665 R. South Serm. preached before Court 39 It is the fore-taste of Heaven, and the Earnest of Eternity. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) III. xix. 123 This foretaste of the evils of war did not damp the general ardour. 1880 W. H. Dixon Royal Windsor (ed. 3) III. xxv. 248 The monster..trembled with a foretaste of the stake. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). foretastev. 1. transitive. To taste beforehand, have a foretaste of. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expect [verb (transitive)] > have a foretaste of foretastec1450 c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. xviii Felicite..suche as gode true cristen men abidin, & spiritual men fortastiþ. 1526 [see foretasting n. and adj. at Derivatives]. a1711 T. Ken Preparatives for Death in Wks. (1721) IV. 92 Saints thus Celestial Joys fore-taste. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 445 The Epicureans..foretasting the spirit of the Lavoisierian system..contended that it [sc. heat] was a substance sui generis. 2. ‘To taste before another’ (Johnson). ΚΠ 1667 [see foretasted adj. at Derivatives]. Derivatives foreˈtasted adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [adjective] > tasted before another foretasted1667 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 929 Foretasted Fruit, Profan'd first by the Serpent. View more context for this quotation foreˈtasting n. and adj. ΚΠ 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. diiiv The fore tastynges of the glorie of heuyn. a1711 T. Ken Wks. (1721) I. 74 Give me..Of heav'nly Joys a sweet foretasting view. foreˈtaster n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [noun] smacka1000 savour?c1225 relesec1330 tastea1382 sentimentc1400 smatchc1400 taragec1407 tangc1440 weffec1440 tallage14.. sapor1477 verdurea1513 verdour1526 relish1530 verder1532 gustc1540 waft1542 smacker1549 talent1550 tack1602 tache1607 tincture1610 twang1611 foretaster1632 flavour1693 gusto1713 goût1751 saporosity1794 gustativeness1827 savouring1840 sipidity1880 palate1973 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) A foretaster, preguste. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1435v.c1450 |
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