"foresmack" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: From fore- + smack (“taste”). Cognate with Dutch voorsmaak (“foretaste”), German Vorgeschmack (“foretaste”), Swedish försmak (“foretaste”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|fore|smack|t2=taste}} fore- + smack (“taste”), {{cog|nl|voorsmaak||foretaste}} Dutch voorsmaak (“foretaste”), {{cog|de|Vorgeschmack||foretaste}} German Vorgeschmack (“foretaste”), {{cog|sv|försmak||foretaste}} Swedish försmak (“foretaste”) Head templates: {{en-noun|!}} foresmack (plural not attested)
  1. (rare, nonstandard) A foretaste; a taste or sampling of things to come. Tags: no-plural, nonstandard, rare
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