Meanings
adjectivepreoriginal (not comparable)
- not comparableBefore the (presumed) original.
Not because, as preoriginal, it would be more originary than the origin, but because […]
2018, David Patterson, The Holocaust and the Nonrepresentable (pge 120)1 more example
It is, rather, that element of saying which is merely a particular form of the said, specifically, the way something (including the preoriginal element of language) is said.
2005, Dennis King Keenan, The Question of Sacrifice, page 83
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preoriginal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preoriginal
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“preoriginal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preoriginal. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preoriginal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preoriginal.
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