presentaneous

English

Etymology

From Latin praesentaneus. See present (adjective).

Adjective

presentaneous (comparative more presentaneous, superlative most presentaneous)

1. (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

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