presentaneous

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adjective

ready; quick; immediate in effect

OriginLatin praesentaneus →
Scrabble 15
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Meanings

adjectivepresentaneous (comparative more presentaneous, superlative most presentaneous)

comparative more presentaneous · superlative most presentaneous

  1. obsoleteready; quick; immediate in effect

    in the manner of a most presentaneous poyson, they enecate in two or three hours

    1673, Gideon Harvey, A Discourse of the Plague

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
present

Origin

  1. Latinpraesentaneus
  2. Englishpresentaneous

From Latin praesentaneus. See present (adjective).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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