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English
Etymology
From Late Latin praeambulum, praeambulus + -ous.
Adjective
preambulous (comparative more preambulous, superlative most preambulous)
- (obsolete, rare) Pertaining to a preamble; preliminary, preambular.
1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.10:Now hereby he not onely undermineth the Base of Religion, and destroyeth the principle preambulous unto all belief; but puts upon us the remotest Error from Truth.