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Forthcome - What does it mean?

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forthcome

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) forthcomen, from (etyl) .

Verb

  • To come forth.
  • *1996 , David Foster Wallace, Girl with curious hair :
    • The crowd slowly dissolved as news from doctors and Service upstairs failed to forthcome .
  • *1903 , Jack London, The people of the abyss :
    • By dropping a penny in the slot, the gas was forthcoming', and when a penny's worth had ' forthcome the supply was automatically shut off.
    Derived terms
    *(l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A coming forth.

    • Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.