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What’s the opposite of foreshortened? Aftlengthened? What’s fore about it anyway?
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The 'fore' is not the 'before and after' kind, but the 'foreground and background' kind. It means shortening the distance between foreground and background. So the opposite is forelengthened.
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Ha yes, true, backlengthened is the true opposite. I think that Miriam Webster entry in your other tweet is mistaken. It relates the 'fore' in 'foreshortened' to time, as in 'beforehand', but that makes no sense.