forthlook

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English forthloken, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English forþlōcian (“to look forth”), equivalent to forth- +‎ look.

Verb

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

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To look forth; look out.

Noun

forthlook (plural forthlooks)

1. A looking forth, forward, or ahead; an outlook; prospect; projection.
   • 1872, Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, New Englander and Yale review:

     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 — [...]