precedaneous

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɹɛsɪˈdeɪni.əs/

Adjective

precedaneous (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) preceding; antecedent; previous
   • a. 1660, Henry Hammond, a sermon:

     The necessity of this performance to any undertaking may appear by those several precedaneous methods in common life , which have nothing in themselves to ingratiate them unto us

References

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