forthlook

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verb

To look forth; look out.

OriginMiddle English forthloken ← Old English forþlōcian →
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Meanings

verbforthlook (third-person singular simple present forthlooks, present participle forthlooking, simple past and past participle forthlooked)

present singular third person forthlooks · participle present forthlooking · participle past forthlooked · past forthlooked

  1. intransitiveobsoleteTo look forth; look out.
nounforthlook (plural forthlooks)

plural forthlooks

  1. A looking forth, forward, or ahead; an outlook; prospect; projection.

    This essay is a thoughtful forthlook to the time when, at the approaching disestablishment of the Episcopal Church in England, Congregationalism will be placed on a new footing — [...]

    1872, Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, New Englander and Yale review

Origin

  1. Old Englishforþlōcian“to look forth”
  2. Middle Englishforthloken
  3. Englishforthlook

From Middle English forthloken, from Old English forþlōcian (“to look forth”), equivalent to forth- + look.

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APA

forthlook. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forthlook

MLA

“forthlook.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forthlook. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forthlook,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forthlook.

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