aforespoken

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From afore- +‎ spoken.

Adjective[edit]

aforespoken (comparative more aforespoken, superlative most aforespoken)

  1. Spoken previously.
    • 1893, B[ernard] J[ohn] Cigrand, The Rise, Fall and Revival of Dental Prosthesis, second edition, Chicago, I.L.: The Periodical Publishing Co., page 98:
      It gratifies me to tell you, as readers, that many genuine cases of filled teeth, crown-work and bridges which were exhumed in various parts of Italy, Greece, Etruria and Egypt, are on exhibition in the present Columbian World's Fair, and I hope the writer of the aforespoken disclaimer can have the pleasure of acknowledging his mistake.