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
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