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precursive en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /pɹɪˈkɜː(ɹ)sɪv/

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Preceding; introductory; precursory.
    • But soon a deep precursive sound moan'd hollow. 1796, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Destiny of Nations:

Relateds

precursor

precursive en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˌpɹiːˈkɜː(ɹ)sɪv/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From pre- + cursive.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Being a style of handwriting that can later be developed into cursive.