presentaneous
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin praesentaneus. See present (adjective).
Adjective
[edit]presentaneous (comparative more presentaneous, superlative most presentaneous)
- (obsolete) ready; quick; immediate in effect
- 1673, Gideon Harvey, A Discourse of the Plague:
- in the manner of a most presentaneous poyson, they enecate in two or three hours
References
[edit]- “presentaneous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.