English edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English forthloken, from Old English forþlōcian (to look forth), equivalent to forth- +‎ look.

Verb edit

forthlook (third-person singular simple present forthlooks, present participle forthlooking, simple past and past participle forthlooked)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To look forth; look out.

Noun edit

forthlook (plural forthlooks)

  1. A looking forth, forward, or ahead; an outlook; prospect; projection.
    • 1872, Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, New Englander and Yale review:
      This essay is a thoughtful forthlook to the time when, at the approaching disestablishment of the Episcopal Church in England, Congregationalism will be placed on a new footing — [...]