forthspeaking

Speaking forth; declaring; prophesying.

Adjective

  1. Speaking forth; declaring; prophesying.
    • 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...

Origin

From forthspeak + -ing.

Forms

more forthspeaking most forthspeaking

Noun

  1. The act of speaking forth or declaring; declaration.
    • Revelation means nothing else. It is the forthputting, forthspeaking of the interior of God's nature, [...] - 1873, John Langdon Dudley, Tides and tendencies of religious thought:
    • Can there be a more dubious moment in the entire poem than this precariously enjambed impersonation of prophetic forthspeaking? - 2008, Herbert F. Tucker, Epic: Britain's heroic muse, 1790-1910:
  2. Prophecy.
    • Evolution of prophecy, or forthspeaking on behalf of the divine. - 1901, Louis Wallis, An examination of society from the standpoint of evolution:
  3. Revelation.
    • 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...

Origin

From forth- + speaking.

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of forthspeak