English

Adjective

prolegomenous ‎(comparative more prolegomenous, superlative most prolegomenous)

1. (literary) Introductory; functioning as a preface or prolegomenon.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book VIII, chapter i

     […] it may not be amiss, in the prolegomenous or introductory chapter, to say something of that species of writing which is called the marvellous.

Related terms

• prolegomenon
• prolegomenously