prolegomena

Meaning of prolegomena

plural noun
  1. a critical or discursive introduction to a book.
    a prolegomenon to the second part
    the prolegomena to the enquiry

mid 17th century: via Latin from Greek, passive present participle (neuter) of prolegein ‘say beforehand’, from pro ‘before’ + legein ‘say’.

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Hyphenation of prolegomena

pro-le-gom-ena

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
  • prolegomena is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

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