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单词 preambulatory
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preambulatoryadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)priːˈambjᵿlət(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌpriˈæmbjələˌtɔri/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin praeambulum , -atory suffix2.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin praeambulum preamble n. + -atory suffix2. Compare preambling adj. and later preambulary adj., preambular adj.
Of the nature of a preamble; = preambular adj.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [adjective] > prologue or introduction
proemial1447
preambulatory1608
prefatory1710
prolegomenous1749
prefatorial1757
prolegomenary1846
prefatiala1848
prooemiac1850
prolegomenal1859
1608 Bp. T. Morton Preamble Incounter Pref. sig. A A Preambulatory Epistle vnto P.R.
1664 H. More Apol. in Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 551 To which, without any Preambulatory Ambages, I answer.
1691 J. Dunton Voy. round World III. i. 2 The continued History of my Life needs no preambulatory Discourses to render it Charming.
1808 J. Bentham Sc. Reform 109 Before the Circuit Court; i.e. (as explained in the preambulatory part of this section) ‘the Circuit Court of Justiciary by appeal’.
1875 Ladies' Repository Feb. 171/2 Mrs. M. M. Brown..read, as a part of the report, a preambulatory address to the women of America.
1934 Sci. Monthly Oct. 313/2 The foregoing pages are..in the nature of a preambulatory survey—a sort of preliminary scientific sniff.
1991 Man 26 162/1 Spelling errors and syntactical mistakes..frequently occur, and few people waste much time over them, particularly in the context of a preambulatory benediction.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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