forewarningEtymologyFrom Middle English forwarning, equivalent to forewarn + -ing or fore- + warning. Cognate with German Vorwarnung (“forewarning”), Swedish förvarning (“forewarning”).forewarning means An advance warning; an omen. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 67 out of 100.nounAn advance warning; an omen.“Beatrice knew his footstep at a distance that might have defied even the acute listener of the fairy tale; and yet, with even such long forewarning, would blush crimson deep on his entrance.”