PRESCIOUS

Etymology

Adjective

prescious (comparative more prescious, superlative most prescious)

(obsolete) foreknowing; prescient

Source: Wiktionary


Pre"scious (pre"shus), a. [L. praescius; prae before + scius knowing, fr. scire to know.]

Definition: Foreknowing; having foreknowledge; as, prescious of ills. [R.] Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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