predisco

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adjective

Of the period in the 1970s preceding the advent of disco music.

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

adjectivepredisco (not comparable)

alternative pre-disco

  1. not comparableentertainmentOf the period in the 1970s preceding the advent of disco music.

    The intimate Sneakers Annex space, which could just as easily pass for a mid-50s combination truck stop/clip joint (except for Mark Mac Lean's clever predisco music), teems with the eternally generic[…].

    1988 January 8, Lawrence Bommer, “Live Dancers Tonite”, in Chicago Reader

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. Englishdisco
  10. Englishpredisco

From pre- + disco.

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Cite this entry
APA

predisco. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predisco

MLA

“predisco.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predisco. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “predisco,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predisco.

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