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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