Prescientific
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Before the development of modern science. not-comparable
"It is not improbable that, in some locality where tram-roads were a novelty, their name may have been associated in folk-etymology or by pre-scientific etymologers with that of the engineer."
- 2 Exhibiting or relating to prescience; prescient. not-comparable, rare
Example
More examples"It is not improbable that, in some locality where tram-roads were a novelty, their name may have been associated in folk-etymology or by pre-scientific etymologers with that of the engineer."
Etymology
From pre- + scientific.