rare. [f. FORTH adv. + GOING ppl. a.] That goes forth; esp. disposed to make advances; enthusiastic; gracious. Cf. FORTHCOMING ppl. a. 2.
1851. J. Hamilton, Royal Preacher, xx. (1854), 258. To make Jehovah’s temple exceedingly magnificent and to see his people prosperous, were the great desires of his forthgoing patriotism and piety.
1876. Mrs. Whitney, Sights and Insights, xxxii. 307. But to him, she may have been forthgoing.
