liminary

adjective

lim·​i·​nary

ˈliməˌnerē

: placed at the beginning (as of a book) : introductory, preliminary

liminary quotations from the Greek or Latin

—Gouverneur Paulding

Word History

Etymology

French liminaire, from Late Latin liminaris, from Latin, of a threshold, from limin-, limen threshold + -aris -ar

First Known Use

1603, in the meaning defined above

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