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percursory

percursory adjective: rushed, hasty or cursory.

Adjective

percursory (comparative more percursory, superlative most percursory)

  1. (archaic) rushed, hasty or cursory.

Forms of percursory

comparativemore percursory
superlativemost percursory

Origin of percursory

From Latin percursor (“one who runs through”), from percurrere. See percurrent.

Questions about percursory

What does percursory mean?
Percursory means rushed, hasty or cursory.
What part of speech is percursory?
Percursory is an adjective.

Words near percursory in the dictionary

  1. percumbent
  2. percunctation
  3. percunctations
  4. percurrent
  5. percurrently
  6. percursory
  7. percuss
  8. percussant
  9. percussed
  10. percusses
  11. percussible

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