proleptical
/pɹəʊˈlɛptɪkəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Anticipating the usual time; applied to a periodical disease whose paroxysms return at an earlier hour at every repetition.
adj
adj
Of or pertaining to prolepsis; anticipative.
Example Sentences
- "Nor can the proleptical notions of Religion be so well defended by the protest Servants of the Altar"
- "It must be always remembered that this was the object for which the Three Chapters which the Predestinarians have taken refuge in: they were written in fact as a proleptical refutation of such views."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek; compare French proleptique.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -
Inflected Forms
more proleptical (comparative)
most proleptical (superlative)