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Meaning of prelusive | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2
pɹɪˈluːsɪv

Definitions

Acting as a prelude; preliminary.

Examples

“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!”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

prelusory prelymphomatous prelysosomal premacular premade premadness

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