foretossed

English

Etymology

Alteration of what should properly be *fortossed, equivalent to for- +‎ tossed.

Adjective

foretossed (comparative more foretossed, superlative most foretossed)

1. (archaic) Tossed up; tossed about.
   • 1744, John Willison, The Afflicted Man's Companion:

     When thy Disciples were foretossed with Winds and Waves, thou camest to them in the fourth Watch of the Night, walking on the Waters; […]

   • 1816, Francis Wrangham, The British Plutarch:

     So gnaws the grief of conscience evermore, "And in the heart it is so deep ygrave, "That they may" neither sleep nor rest therefor, "Nor think one thought but on the dread they hare; "Still to the death foretossed with the wave" Of restless woe [...]