adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A precursor; a sign of the onset of something.

Adjective

1. 1
   Being or relating to a precursor; relating to events that will follow. not-comparable

   "precursory symptoms of a fever"

Adjective

1. 1
   warning of future misfortune wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

premonitoryantecedentanteriorauguralchiefexordial

Etymology

From Latin praecursor.

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