forspeak
Verb
- To injure or cause bad luck through immoderate praise or flattery; to affect with the curse of an evil tongue, which brings ill luck upon all objects of its praise.
- To bewitch, to charm.
- To forbid, to prohibit; to oppose.
- To say bad things about; to slander.
- Alternative spelling of forespeak.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English forspeken (“to bewitch”), from Old English forspecan, forsprecan (“to speak in vain; to speak amiss; to denounce; to deny”); analysable as for- + speak.
Scrabble Score: 17
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Words With Friends Score: 0
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