preapprehension

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ apprehension.

Noun

preapprehension (plural preapprehensions)

1. An apprehension or opinion formed before examination or knowledge.
   • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

     shapes conformable to preapprehensions

References

• “preapprehension”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.