preterlapsed

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English

Etymology

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

Adjective

preterlapsed (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) past; former
    • 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; , London: E. C for Henry Eversden , →OCLC:
      preterlapsed ages

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