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liminary

adj

Etymology

From French liminaire (“introductory”) from Latin līmināris, from līmen (“doorstep, threshold; doorway, entrance; beginning, commencement”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship from nouns). Līmen is possibly derived from līmus (“askew; sideways”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l- (“to bend, bow; elbow”)) + -men (suffix forming neuter nouns of the third declension) (from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ (suffix forming action nouns or result nouns from verbs)).

  1. derived from *-mn̥✻
  2. derived from *Heh₃l-✻ — “to bend, bow; elbow”
  3. derived from līmināris
  4. derived from liminaire

Definitions

  1. Introductory or preparatory.

    • Closely connected to the epigrammatic form of entries in alba are poems that serve as prefatory or postfatory material of early modern prints. Harm-Jan van Dam dedicates his article to this kind of liminary poetry.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA