prelusive

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the past participle stem of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin praelūdere +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

prelusive (comparative more prelusive, superlative most prelusive)

  1. Acting as a prelude; preliminary.
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
      On the grim Pequod's forecastle, ye shall ere long see him, beating his tambourine; prelusive of the eternal time, when sent for, to the great quarter-deck on high, he was bid strike in with angels, and beat his tambourine in glory; called a coward here, hailed a hero there!

Anagrams

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