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prescriptorial

prescriptorial adjective: prior to the invention or use of writing.

Adjective

prescriptorial (not comparable)

  1. Prior to the invention or use of writing.

Origin of prescriptorial

From pre- + scriptorial.

Questions about prescriptorial

What does prescriptorial mean?
Prescriptorial means prior to the invention or use of writing.
What part of speech is prescriptorial?
Prescriptorial is an adjective.

Words near prescriptorial in the dictionary

  1. prescriptivisms
  2. prescriptivist
  3. prescriptivistic
  4. prescriptivists
  5. prescriptivity
  6. prescriptorial
  7. prescripts
  8. prescrotal
  9. prescuta
  10. prescutal
  11. prescutellar

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