preludiumn.

Brit.

/prᵻˈl(j)uːdɪəm/, U.S.

/prəˈl(j)udiəm/

Inflections: Plural preludiums, preludia.

Forms: 1500s– praeludium, 1500s– preludium.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin praeludium.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin praeludium preliminary action (frequently c1175–1517 in British sources), prelude to a play or literary work (from c1188 in British sources), series of notes played before a piece of music (1448 with reference to an organ piece) < classical Latin praelūdere prelude v. + -ium (see -y suffix⁴). Compare earlier prelude n. and the Romance parallels cited at that entry.

A prelude or introduction; a preliminary; a precursor or foreshadowing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > a) preparation(s) > a preliminary action or step

introductionc1386

deductiona1535

induction?1544

preamble1548

flourish1552

preludium1563

primordium1577

preparativec1580

exordium1581

introit1583

foregoinga1586

prologuea1586

preface1589

prelusion1597

proem1598

prolusion1601

introductory1646

preliminary1656

prelimination1667

flourishing1687

little go1842

preluding1858

foreword1888

prelim1891

prelimen1898

run-in1900

opening gambit1911

prolegomenon1926

lead-in1928

pipe-openera1936

lead-up1953

intro1964

1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 938/2 So the dysputation beganne, sette a worke by the Prolocutor with a verye shorte Præludium.

1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) 99 Other ordinarie communication, which he made as it were a portall and preludium to his cause.

1597 A. Holborne Cittharn Schoole Pref. In the front of the booke..I haue prefixed some fewe tastes, which by another name I call Præludia: things short and not hard.

1661 Ενιαυτος Τεραστιος: Mirabilis Annus Pref. All these prodigies being..but præludiums to that signal and last recolution which makes way for the new Heavens and the new Earth.

1678 J. Norris Coll. Misc. (1699) 66 The Birds in short præludiums tune their throat.

1712 M. Henry Daily Commun. God (1822) 360 An earnest of the blessedness of heaven..and a preludium to it.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. iv. §91. 276 A devillish Invention..which, from the Preludiums of the Business, may be ascribed to the Lord Howard.

1791 M. De Fleury Poems & Ess. 117 So may your days pass on..and present peace, A kind preludium prove to future joys.

1840 W. G. Simms Border Beagles II. vii. 131 Such was the conciliatory preludium of the adroit Jones, and its effect promised to be exceedingly happy upon the person to whom it was addressed.

1885 W. C. Coupland Spirit Goethe's Faust ii. 48 The preludium prefixed to the Indian play.

1951 Jrnl. Aesthetics & Art Crit. 10 50 In the Preludium to ‘America’, he [sc. Blake] is concerned with the moral problem of freeing Passion from the bonds of Imagination.

1994 Independent (Nexis) 4 June (Weekend section) 29 Imagine a dark preludium—lamenting clarinet over bare Shostakovich-like string harmonies.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	preludium
释义	preludiumn. Brit. /prᵻˈl(j)uːdɪəm/, U.S. /prəˈl(j)udiəm/ Inflections: Plural preludiums, preludia. Forms: 1500s– praeludium, 1500s– preludium. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin praeludium. Etymology: < post-classical Latin praeludium preliminary action (frequently c1175–1517 in British sources), prelude to a play or literary work (from c1188 in British sources), series of notes played before a piece of music (1448 with reference to an organ piece) < classical Latin praelūdere prelude v. + -ium (see -y suffix⁴). Compare earlier prelude n. and the Romance parallels cited at that entry. A prelude or introduction; a preliminary; a precursor or foreshadowing. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > a) preparation(s) > a preliminary action or step introductionc1386 deductiona1535 induction?1544 preamble1548 flourish1552 preludium1563 primordium1577 preparativec1580 exordium1581 introit1583 foregoinga1586 prologuea1586 preface1589 prelusion1597 proem1598 prolusion1601 introductory1646 preliminary1656 prelimination1667 flourishing1687 little go1842 preluding1858 foreword1888 prelim1891 prelimen1898 run-in1900 opening gambit1911 prolegomenon1926 lead-in1928 pipe-openera1936 lead-up1953 intro1964 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 938/2 So the dysputation beganne, sette a worke by the Prolocutor with a verye shorte Præludium. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) 99 Other ordinarie communication, which he made as it were a portall and preludium to his cause. 1597 A. Holborne Cittharn Schoole Pref. In the front of the booke..I haue prefixed some fewe tastes, which by another name I call Præludia: things short and not hard. 1661 Ενιαυτος Τεραστιος: Mirabilis Annus Pref. All these prodigies being..but præludiums to that signal and last recolution which makes way for the new Heavens and the new Earth. 1678 J. Norris Coll. Misc. (1699) 66 The Birds in short præludiums tune their throat. 1712 M. Henry Daily Commun. God (1822) 360 An earnest of the blessedness of heaven..and a preludium to it. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. iv. §91. 276 A devillish Invention..which, from the Preludiums of the Business, may be ascribed to the Lord Howard. 1791 M. De Fleury Poems & Ess. 117 So may your days pass on..and present peace, A kind preludium prove to future joys. 1840 W. G. Simms Border Beagles II. vii. 131 Such was the conciliatory preludium of the adroit Jones, and its effect promised to be exceedingly happy upon the person to whom it was addressed. 1885 W. C. Coupland Spirit Goethe's Faust ii. 48 The preludium prefixed to the Indian play. 1951 Jrnl. Aesthetics & Art Crit. 10 50 In the Preludium to ‘America’, he [sc. Blake] is concerned with the moral problem of freeing Passion from the bonds of Imagination. 1994 Independent (Nexis) 4 June (Weekend section) 29 Imagine a dark preludium—lamenting clarinet over bare Shostakovich-like string harmonies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1563
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