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proleptic.

Extrapolated to dates prior to its first adoption; of those used to adjust to or from the Julian calendar or Gregorian calendar.

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Meaning & usage

adj/pɹoʊˈlɛptɪk/

  1. Extrapolated to dates prior to its first adoption; of those used to adjust to or from the Julian calendar or Gregorian calendar.

  2. Anticipatory; prescient or forward-looking.

  3. Exhibiting or pertaining to prolepsis (any sense)

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English prolepsis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English proleptic From prolepsis (“anticipation”) + -ic.

noun/pɹoʊˈlɛptɪk/

  1. An instance of prolepsis; The placement of an element in a syntactic unit before that to which it would logically correspond.

  2. An instance of prolepsis; Information about the outcome of a story placed near the beginning.

  3. An instance of prolepsis; A lateral branch that develops from a lateral meristem, after the formation of a bud or following a period of dormancy, when the lateral meristem is split from a terminal meristem.

  4. Something that predicts or implies the future or outcome.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English prolepsis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English proleptic From prolepsis (“anticipation”) + -ic.

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