English Dictionary

forspeak

IPA（発音記号）

/fɔːˈspiːk/

動詞

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(transitive, dialectal, Northern England and Scotland) 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.

日本語の意味

過度の賞賛やお世辞を用いて、対象に対して害を与えたり不運をもたらしたりする行為 / ひどい言葉（呪いのようなもの）を含んだお世辞によって、全体に悪い影響を及ぼす / 過剰なお世辞によって、対象に対して悪い運を引き起こす行為

My grandmother always warned me not to forspeak the baby with too many compliments, or else misfortune would follow.

祖母はいつも、赤ん坊をあまりにも褒め立てて縁起を悪くしてはいけないと私に警告し、さもなければ不運が続くと言った。

意味（1）

(transitive, dialectal, Northern England and Scotland) 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.

One is said to forspeak another, when he so commends him as to have a supposed influence in making him practically belie the commendation. If one highly praises a child for sweetness of temper, and the child soon after betrays ill humour; the person, who bestowed the praise, is said to have forspokin the bairn.]

意味（2）

(transitive, obsolete) To bewitch, to charm.

How are my powres fore-spoke? what strange distaste is this?

意味（3）

(transitive, obsolete) To forbid, to prohibit; to oppose.

Thou haſt foreſpoke my being in theſe warres, / And ſay'ſt, it is not fit.

意味（4）

(transitive, obsolete) To say bad things about; to slander.

A mischiefe take thy tatling tongue, the Raven answerde tho. / Thy vaine forspeaking moves me not. And so he forth did go …

forspeaks （ present singular third-person ）

forspeaking （ participle present ）

forspoke （ past ）

forspake （ archaic past ）

forspoken （ participle past ）