percursory

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adjective

rushed, hasty or cursory.

OriginLatin percursor →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adjectivepercursory (comparative more percursory, superlative most percursory)

comparative more percursory · superlative most percursory

  1. archaicrushed, hasty or cursory.

Origin

  1. Latinpercursor“one who runs through”
  2. Englishpercursory

From Latin percursor (“one who runs through”), from percurrere. See percurrent.

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APA

percursory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/percursory

MLA

“percursory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/percursory. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “percursory,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/percursory.

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