aforeness
/əˈfɔːnəs/rare
noun
The state of coming before; pre-existence, earlier existence.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Philip Sidney (1554–1586), author and courtier. From afore + -ness.
- Bible-thumper
- Bible-thumping
- biblical
- biblically
- biblicist
- biblio-
- bibliog.
- bibliographer
- bibliographic
- bibliographical
- bibliographically
- bibliography
- bibliolater
- bibliolatrous
- bibliolatry
- bibliomancy
- bibliomane
- bibliomania
- bibliomaniac
- bibliometric
- bibliometrics
- bibliophile
- bibliophilic
- bibliophily
- bibliopole