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prelusive en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /pɹɪˈluːsɪv/ (UK)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Acting as a prelude; preliminary.
   • 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! 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:

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prelusively