Etymology

premorse

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Today it means: Terminated abruptly, or as if bitten off. Full definition →

Latin praemorsus
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  1. Latin · derived frompraemorsus
  2. English todaypremorse

From Latin praemorsus, past participle of praemordere (“to bite off”), from prae (“before”) + mordere (“to bite”).

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