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Webster 1913 Edition


Preambulous

Pre-am′bu-lous

,
Adj.
[See
Preamble
,
Noun.
]
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1828 Edition


Preambulous

PREAM'BULOUS

,
Adj.
Previous; introductory. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


preambulous

preambulous

English

Adjective

preambulous (comparative more preambulous, superlative most preambulous)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Pertaining to a preamble; preliminary, preambular.
    • 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.10:
      Now hereby he not onely undermineth the Base of Religion, and destroyeth the principle preambulous unto all belief; but puts upon us the remotest Error from Truth.