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prettygoodword) wrote2007-07-20 07:28 am
prettygoodword) wrote2007-07-20 07:28 am
premorse
premorse - adj., abruptly truncated, as if bitten or broken off.
18thy century coinage from Latin praemorsus, past participle of praemordēre, to bite off in front, from prae-, pre- + mordēre, to bite.
---L.
18thy century coinage from Latin praemorsus, past participle of praemordēre, to bite off in front, from prae-, pre- + mordēre, to bite.
---L.