prepollent

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adjective

Having superior influence or power; prevailing; predominant.

OriginLatin praepollēns →
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Meanings

adjective
  1. Having superior influence or power; prevailing; predominant.

    But the prepollent Gravity of some, being sufficient to give comparative Lightness or Gravity to Bodies, we must deny Nature this Prerogative.

    1686, Robert Boyle, A Free Enquiry into the Vulgarly Received Notion of Nature
nounprepollent (plural prepollents)

plural prepollents

  1. An extra first digit, or rudiment of a digit, on the preaxial side of the pollex.

Origin

  1. Latinpraepollēns
  2. Englishprepollent

From Latin praepollēns, present participle of praepollēre (“to surpass in power”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

propellent
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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