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Etymology

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From Latin principians, present participle of principiare (to begin), from principium. See principle.

Adjective

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principiant (not comparable)

  1. Relating to principles or beginnings.
    • 1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience in All Her General Measures; [], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: [] James Flesher, for Richard Royston [], →OCLC:
      principiant and mother sins

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for principiant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin principiantem, from post-Classical prīncipiō (to begin).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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principiant m or f (masculine and feminine plural principiants)

  1. novice, beginning

Noun

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principiant m or f by sense (plural principiants)

  1. novice, beginner
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