preattached

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adjective

Already attached

OriginEnglish attached ← Middle English pre- ← Latin prae- →
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Meanings

adjectivepreattached (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAlready attached

    Their excuses come preattached: I never went to class.

    2009 January 6, Benedict Carey, “Some Protect the Ego by Working on Their Excuses Early”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Englishattached
  10. Englishpreattached

From pre- + attached.

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Cite this entry
APA

preattached. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preattached

MLA

“preattached.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preattached. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preattached,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preattached.

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