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preparental

preparental adjective: prior to parenthood.

Adjective

preparental (not comparable)

  1. Prior to parenthood.
    • In lieu of preparental hand-wringing, Ms. Cornelius said they talked about “how cute the tables were.”2015 August 28, John Leland, “Superiority Burger, a Vegetarian Ode to White Castle in the East Village”, in New York Times

Origin of preparental

From pre- + parental.

Questions about preparental

What does preparental mean?
Preparental means prior to parenthood.
What part of speech is preparental?
Preparental is an adjective.

Words near preparental in the dictionary

  1. preparedness
  2. preparednesses
  3. preparedst
  4. preparement
  5. preparements
  6. preparental
  7. preparenthood
  8. preparer
  9. preparers
  10. prepares
  11. prepares ahead

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