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preofficial

preofficial adjective: prior to officialdom.

Adjective

preofficial (not comparable)

  1. Prior to officialdom.
    • It breaks us from the habit of seeing preofficial life as a simple preparatory imitation of the career to come, and from thinking of literati men as if they had always been incumbent officials […]2015, Linda Rui Feng, City of Marvel and Transformation, page 11

Origin of preofficial

From pre- + official.

Questions about preofficial

What does preofficial mean?
Preofficial means prior to officialdom.
What part of speech is preofficial?
Preofficial is an adjective.

Words near preofficial in the dictionary

  1. preoculars
  2. preoculomotor
  3. preodontoblast
  4. preodontoblasts
  5. preoedipal
  6. preofficial
  7. Preolenna
  8. preoligodendrocyte
  9. preoligodendrocytes
  10. preominate
  11. preon

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