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prolegomenon
CIDE DICTIONARY
prolegomenon, n. [ NL., fr. Gr. , properly neut. pass. p. pr. of to say beforehand; before + to say.].
A preliminary remark or observation; an introductory discourse prefixed to a book or treatise. D. Stokes (1659). Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
prolegomenon, n. (pl. prolegomena) (usu. in pl.) an introduction or preface to a book etc., esp. when critical or discursive.
Derivative
prolegomenary adj. prolegomenous adj.
Etymology
L f. Gk, neut. passive pres. part. of prolego (as PRO-(2), lego say)
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