precursory, premonitory
(adjective) warning of future misfortune
Source: WordNet® 3.1
precursory (not comparable)
Being or relating to a precursor; relating to events that will follow.
precursory (plural precursories)
(medicine) A precursor; a sign of the onset of something.
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Source: Wiktionary
Pre*cur"so*ry, a. Etym: [L. praecursorius.]
Definition: Preceding as a precursor or harbinger; indicating something to follow; as, precursory symptoms of a fever.
Pre*cur"so*ry, n.
Definition: An introduction. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 January 2025
(noun) a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; “they run things by the book around here”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
