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præter-

præter- is the archaic spelling of preter-.

Meaning of preter-

Prefix

preter-

  1. (idiomatic) Beyond.
    • Zurich is the capital of the preter-modern, preter-futurist movement called Dadaism, the home of its organ, of the literary and artistic group of Dadaists.1919 June 8, “Intolerance at Zurich”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Sep 2021

Questions about præter-

What is præter- the archaic spelling of?
Præter- is the archaic spelling of preter-.

Words near præter- in the dictionary

  1. prætense
  2. prætenses
  3. prætension
  4. prætensions
  5. prætentious
  6. præter-
  7. præterite
  8. præterition
  9. præternatural
  10. prætexta
  11. prætor

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Adapted from Wiktionary: præter- (page history and authors); preter- (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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