liminary
adjective
lim·i·nary
ˈliməˌnerē
: placed at the beginning (as of a book) : introductory, preliminary
liminary quotations from the Greek or Latin
Gouverneur Paulding
Gouverneur Paulding
Word History
Etymology
French liminaire, from Late Latin liminaris, from Latin, of a threshold, from limin-, limen threshold + -aris -ar
First Known Use
1603, in the meaning defined above
- instrumentalism
- instrumentalisms
- instrumentalist
- instrumentalists
- instrumentalities
- instrumentality
- instrumentalize
- instrumentally
- instrumentals
- instrumentary
- instrumentate
- instrumentated
- instrumentateed
- instrumentateing
- instrumentates
- instrumentating
- instrumentation
- instrumentations
- ascaphi
- Ascaphidae
- ascaphidaes
- Ascaphus
- ascaphuses
- ascaphusses
- ascared