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preterlegal

preterlegal adjective: illegal.

Adjective

preterlegal (comparative more preterlegal, superlative most preterlegal)

  1. (obsolete) illegal.

Forms of preterlegal

comparativemore preterlegal
superlativemost preterlegal

Origin of preterlegal

From preter- + legal.

Questions about preterlegal

What does preterlegal mean?
Preterlegal means illegal.
What part of speech is preterlegal?
Preterlegal is an adjective.

Words near preterlegal in the dictionary

  1. preteritions
  2. preteritive
  3. preteritness
  4. preterits
  5. preterlapsed
  6. preterlegal
  7. preterm
  8. pretermer
  9. pretermers
  10. preterminal
  11. preterminally

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