Prepollent

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An extra first digit, or rudiment of a digit, on the preaxial side of the pollex.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having superior influence or power; prevailing; predominant.

    "But the prepollent Gravity of some, being sufficient to give comparative Lightness or Gravity to Bodies, we must deny Nature this Prerogative."

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ascendantbosschiefcommandingcontrollingdominant

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"But the prepollent Gravity of some, being sufficient to give comparative Lightness or Gravity to Bodies, we must deny Nature this Prerogative."

Etymology

From Latin praepollēns, present participle of praepollēre (“to surpass in power”).

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