preterlapsed
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin praeterlapsus, past participle of praeterlabi (“to glide by”). See preter- and lapse.
Adjective
[edit]preterlapsed (not comparable)
- (archaic) past; former
- 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC:
- preterlapsed ages
References
[edit]- “preterlapsed”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.