foremath

English edit

From fore- +‎ math (“a mowing”), by analogy with aftermath.

foremath (plural foremaths)

A first mowing; that which is gleaned from a first or prior mowing.
- 1989, Richard P. Blackmur, James T. Jones, Outsider at the heart of things:
  […] the accidents of itinerary — everything that can be overheard or spied out: everything (in a phrase he used in one of his poems) between the foremath and the aftermath, the early growth and the after growth of the intended harvest.
Something preceding or producing a particular outcome; events that have yet to occur, or are in the process of occurring.
- 1920, Rupert Hughs, What's the World Coming To?‎^[1], Digitized edition, Harper & Brothers, published 2006, page 104:
  The aftermath of glory and the foremath of peace would not blend.
- 1967, Edgar M. Horwood, American Society of Planning Officials‎^[2], Digitized edition, published 2006, page 1:
  I shall ask you to view these remarks in the of "foremath" note rather than a preface or introduction, which imply a knowledge of what follows. I am using the word "foremath" to suggest what precedes without the knowledge of what follows.
- 1995, William T. Golden, Science and Technology Advice to the President, Congress‎^[3], Transaction Publishers, →ISBN, page 191:
  After delaying the decision for three years, the President eventually endorsed the concept in the foremath of the 1984 Presidential election, ...