pretentative
English
editEtymology
editpre- + tentative: compare Latin praetentare to try beforehand.
Adjective
editpretentative (not comparable)
- Fitted for trial beforehand; experimental.
- c. 1620, Henry Wotton, a letter
- This is but an exploratory, and pretentative purpose between us
- c. 1620, Henry Wotton, a letter
References
edit- “pretentative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.