prelusive

English

Alternative forms

• prælusive (obsolete)

Etymology

From the past participle stem of Latin praelūdere +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈluːsɪv/

Adjective

prelusive (comparative more prelusive, superlative most prelusive)

1. Acting as a prelude; preliminary.
   • 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:

     On the grim Pequod's forecastle, ye shall ere long see him, beating his tambourine; prelusive of the eternal time, when sent for, to the great quarter-deck on high, he was bid strike in with angels, and beat his tambourine in glory; called a coward here, hailed a hero there!

Derived terms

• prelusively

Anagrams

• pulverise, repulsive