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单词 prelusive
释义

prelusive

English

Alternative forms

  • prælusive (obsolete)

Etymology

From the past participle stem of Latin praelūdere + -ive.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /pɹɪˈluːsɪv/

Adjective

prelusive (comparative more prelusive, superlative most prelusive)

  1. Acting as a prelude; preliminary.
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
      On the grim Pequod's forecastle, ye shall ere long see him, beating his tambourine; prelusive of the eternal time, when sent for, to the great quarter-deck on high, he was bid strike in with angels, and beat his tambourine in glory; called a coward here, hailed a hero there!

Anagrams

  • pulverise, repulsive
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