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premorse

premorse adjective: terminated abruptly, or as if bitten off.

Adjective

premorse (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Terminated abruptly, or as if bitten off.
    • premorse roots

premorse meaning in Tamil

premorse in Tamil

கட்டை வெட்டி

Origin of premorse

From Latin praemorsus, past participle of praemordere (“to bite off”), from prae (“before”) + mordere (“to bite”).

Questions about premorse

What does premorse mean?
Premorse means terminated abruptly, or as if bitten off.
What is premorse in Tamil?
Premorse in Tamil is கட்டை வெட்டி. See Premorse meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is premorse?
Premorse is an adjective.

Words near premorse in the dictionary

  1. premorally
  2. premorbid
  3. premorbidity
  4. premorbidly
  5. premorning
  6. premorse
  7. premortal
  8. premortem
  9. premortems
  10. premortuary
  11. Premos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: premorse (page history and authors); premorse (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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