pretertiary
English
Etymology
pre- + tertiary
Adjective
pretertiary (not comparable)
- (geology) Earlier than Tertiary.
- Before tertiary education.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pretertiary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)