prenunciative

English

Etymology

From prenunciate (“announce before”, whence prenunciation) +‎ -ive, with influence from Latin praenuntiātīvus, a misreading in Pliny of praenuntiōs, praenuntius (“foreboding”) and by analogy with praenuntiō (“announce beforehand; foretell”) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɹiˈnʌnsɪətɪv/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pɹiˈnʌnsiˌeɪɾɪv/, /pɹiˈnʌnsi.əɾɪv/

Adjective

prenunciative (comparative more prenunciative, superlative most prenunciative)

1. (obsolete, rare) announcing beforehand
2. (obsolete, rare) predicative, prophetic

References

• “praenuntiātīvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press