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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PRENOMINAL

PRENOMINAL Pre *nom "i *nal, a.

 

Defn: Serving as a prefix in a compound name. Sir T. Browne.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

prenominal

pre |nom ¦inal |priːˈnɒmɪn (ə )l | ▶adjective Grammar (of a word or part of speech ) preceding a noun. DERIVATIVES prenominally adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin praenomen, praenomin- ‘first name ’ + -al .

 

Oxford Dictionary

prenominal

pre |nom ¦inal |priːˈnɒmɪn (ə )l | ▶adjective Grammar (of a word or part of speech ) preceding a noun. DERIVATIVES prenominally adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin praenomen, praenomin- ‘first name ’ + -al .