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Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A talk beforehand; prediscussion talk.
- n. A foreword; preface.
- n. Small talk used prior to more meaningful conversation.
Etymologies
- From fore- + talk. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“As that enthusiastic student and good friend of the poet says in his "foretalk" to the reprint, the essay is noteworthy, not merely as a signal service to Shelley's fame and memory, but for”
“As that enthusiastic student and good friend of the poet says in his “foretalk” to the reprint, the essay is noteworthy, not merely as a signal service to Shelley's fame and memory, but for Browning's statement of his own aim in his own work, both as objective and subjective poet.”
“‘freshman’ for proselyte; ‘mooned’ for lunatic; ‘foreshewer’ for prophet; ‘hundreder’ for centurion; Jewel ‘foretalk’, where we now employ preface; Holland ‘sunstead’ where we use solstice; ‘leechcraft’ instead of medicine; and another, ‘wordcraft’ for logic; ‘starconner’”
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