forthspeaking
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]forthspeaking (uncountable)
- The act of speaking forth or declaring; declaration.
- 1873, John Langdon Dudley, Tides and tendencies of religious thought:
- Revelation means nothing else. It is the forthputting, forthspeaking of the interior of God's nature, [...]
- 2008, Herbert F. Tucker, Epic: Britain's heroic muse, 1790-1910:
- Can there be a more dubious moment in the entire poem than this precariously enjambed impersonation of prophetic forthspeaking?
- Prophecy.
- 1901, Louis Wallis, An examination of society from the standpoint of evolution:
- Evolution of prophecy, or forthspeaking on behalf of the divine.
- Revelation.
- 1888, Bible readings for the home circle:
- "This refers not to ordinary religious discourses for the edification of the church, but to such a forthspeaking of the mind of God in relation to truth, duty, or coming events ns the inward action of the Holy Spirit on the mind may produce."
- 1888, Bible readings for the home circle:
Etymology 2
[edit]From forthspeak + -ing.
Adjective
[edit]forthspeaking (comparative more forthspeaking, superlative most forthspeaking)
- Speaking forth; declaring; prophesying.
- 2008, Hugh Davis, The making of James Agee:
- In fact, in this political poetry Agee resembles nothing so much as the “ forthspeaking prophet” evoked by Paul Ashdown, who assumes a role “both satirical and visionary, to both attack and inspire [his] readers and to seek meaning in ostensibly trivial or grotesque events."
Verb
[edit]forthspeaking
- present participle and gerund of forthspeak