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preambulous

preambulous adjective: pertaining to a preamble; preliminary, preambular.

Adjective

preambulous (comparative more preambulous, superlative most preambulous)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Pertaining to a preamble; preliminary, preambular.
    • Now hereby he not onely undermineth the Base of Religion, and destroyeth the principle preambulous unto all belief; but puts upon us the remotest Error from Truth.1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.10

Forms of preambulous

comparativemore preambulous
superlativemost preambulous

Origin of preambulous

From Late Latin praeambulum, praeambulus + -ous.

Questions about preambulous

What does preambulous mean?
Preambulous means pertaining to a preamble; preliminary, preambular.
What part of speech is preambulous?
Preambulous is an adjective.

Words near preambulous in the dictionary

  1. preambulates
  2. preambulating
  3. preambulation
  4. preambulations
  5. preambulatory
  6. preambulous
  7. preameloblast
  8. preameloblasts
  9. preamendment
  10. preamp
  11. preamped

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