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prepotato en · ADJ

Etymology

From pre- + potato.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Before the introduction of the potato to Europe from the New World.
    • In Ireland, land became scarce relative to the rapidly growing population in the early nineteenth century, whereupon fertility began a retreat to its low, prepotato level. 1997, The St. Croix Review, volume 30, page 32: