foorth
English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]foorth (not comparable)
- Pronunciation spelling of fourth.
- 1899, Finley Peter Dunne, Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War[1]:
- This, gintlemen iv th' foorth precin't,' he says, 'is Thomas Francis Dorgan, a man who, if ilicted,' he says, 'victhry'll perch,' he says, 'upon our banners,' he says; 'an',' he says, 'th' naytional honor will be maintained,' he says, 'in th' county boord,' he says.
- 1907, Henry Van Dyke, Days Off[2]:
- Even a hunter, I'm thinkin', wouldna like to be breakin' twa commandments in the ane day--the foorth and the saxth!
Adverb
[edit]foorth (not comparable)
- Obsolete spelling of forth.
- 1592, R. G., The Third And Last Part Of Conny-Catching. (1592)[3]:
- I see Coosen you knowe mee not, and I doe not greatlie blame you, it is so long since you came foorth of the Countrey, but I am such a ones sonne, naming her Uncle right, and his sonnes name, which she very well remembred, but had not seene him in eleven yeares.
- 1594, Christopher Marlowe, Massacre at Paris[4]:
- I my Lord, the rest have taine their standings in the next roome, therefore good my Lord goe not foorth.
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]foorth (plural foorths)
Usage notes
[edit]- Attested only in the fourteenth century.
References
[edit]- “foorth” listed as a fourteenth- of “ford, n.¹”, listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)