forebook en · NOUN
Etymology
From fore- + book.
Meanings
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A prelude to a book or series of books; a preface.
Could it be that for the writer everything happens in a forebook whose end he cannot see, whose end is in his book?
2001, Martin McQuillan, Deconstruction:At Wisconsin, Galpin also wrote a "forebook" to what was to be an eight-book series on rural life [...]
2010, Julie N. Zimmerman, Olaf F. Larson, Opening Windows Onto Hidden Lives:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fore-book | alternative | lexicographic | |
| forebooks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |