prolegomenous
adjUK /pɹəʊləˈɡɒmɪnəs/
Etymology From prolegomenon + -ous.
1
Literary Introductory; functioning as a preface or prolegomenon.
- […]it may not be amiss, in the prolegomenous or introductory chapter, to say something of that species of writing which is called the marvellous.1749, Henry Fielding, chapter I, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VIII:
- Related terms
- prolegomenon, prolegomenously