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preburnished

preburnished adjective: burnished in advance.

Adjective

preburnished (not comparable)

  1. burnished in advance
    • Like Hillary, Governor Sebelius’s name comes preburnished, thanks to her father-in-law, Keith Sebelius, a former veteran member of Congress, and her father, John Gilligan, the former governor of Ohio.2008 March 3, Susan Dominus, “Electing a Woman to the White House: Who’s on Deck?”, in New York Times

Origin of preburnished

From pre- + burnished.

Questions about preburnished

What does preburnished mean?
Preburnished means burnished in advance.
What part of speech is preburnished?
Preburnished is an adjective.

Words near preburnished in the dictionary

  1. preburn
  2. preburned
  3. preburner
  4. preburners
  5. preburning
  6. preburnished
  7. preburns
  8. prebursal
  9. preburst
  10. prebusiness
  11. prebut

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