† prelibatoryadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin praelībāt- , praelībāre , -ory suffix².

Etymology: < classical Latin praelībāt-, past participial stem of praelībāre prelibate v. + -ory suffix². Compare post-classical Latin praelibator person who tastes first (16th cent.). Compare earlier prelibate v., prelibation n., and slightly later libatory adj.

Obsolete. rare.

Of the nature of, or providing, a foretaste; preliminary.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [adjective] > serving as a foretaste

prelibatory1830

1830 G. S. Faber Diffic. Romanism (ed. 2) ii. ii. 264 Set forth, not as a transient preparatory purgatory, but as a dungeon of fearful prelibatory punishment to receive its completion in gehenna.

1874 Harper's Mag. Mar. 598/1 The reading of her ‘prelibatory’ verses raises an expectation which the poems do not disappoint.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	prelibatory
释义	† prelibatoryadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin praelībāt- , praelībāre , -ory suffix². Etymology: < classical Latin praelībāt-, past participial stem of praelībāre prelibate v. + -ory suffix². Compare post-classical Latin praelibator person who tastes first (16th cent.). Compare earlier prelibate v., prelibation n., and slightly later libatory adj. Obsolete. rare. Of the nature of, or providing, a foretaste; preliminary. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [adjective] > serving as a foretaste prelibatory1830 1830 G. S. Faber Diffic. Romanism (ed. 2) ii. ii. 264 Set forth, not as a transient preparatory purgatory, but as a dungeon of fearful prelibatory punishment to receive its completion in gehenna. 1874 Harper's Mag. Mar. 598/1 The reading of her ‘prelibatory’ verses raises an expectation which the poems do not disappoint. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adj.1830
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