preterlapsed

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adjective

past; former

OriginLatin praeterlapsus →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adjectivepreterlapsed (not comparable)
  1. archaicnot comparablepast; former

    preterlapsed ages

    1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinpraeterlapsus
  2. Englishpreterlapsed

From Latin praeterlapsus, past participle of praeterlabi (“to glide by”). See preter- and lapse.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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