(literature, usually uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.
verb
present participle of foreshadow
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
straightforwardness
straightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being straightforward.
swordfisherman
swordfisherman
noun
A fisherman who fishes for swordfish.
unstraightforward
unstraightforward
adj
Not straightforward; oblique, evasive, equivocal, indirect.
unstraightforwardness
unstraightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being unstraightforward; a lack of straightforwardness; obliqueness, evasiveness.