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preliterature

adj

Etymology

From pre- + literature.

  1. derived from διφθέρᾱ
  2. derived from literatura
  3. derived from littérature
  4. inherited from literature
  5. prefixed as preliterature — “pre + literature”

Definitions

  1. Before the development of literature.

    • She also reminds us that in contrast to preliterature societies, the industrial societies have a distinct lack of rituals involving the sense of smell.

  2. Forms of art etc. that existed before literature.

    • The notion of passion as a fire is ancient, its origins lost in preliterature.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for preliterature. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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