See Also: foredoom(1)(dictionary)
foredoom(2)(dictionary)

softening (iou) and foredoom(1) (iou)


softening (iou)



softening verbal noun. LME.
[from SOFTEN + -ING1.]
The action of SOFTEN verb; an instance of this. Also foll. by up.
softening of the brain degeneration of the brain tissue with loss of firmness; colloq. senile dementia, esp. with paralysis.

foredoom(1) (iou)



foredoom noun. M16.
[from FORE- + DOOM noun1.]
A doom or judgement pronounced beforehand; destiny.