principiant
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin principians, present participle of principiare (“to begin”), from principium. See principle.
Adjective
editprincipiant (not comparable)
- Relating to principles or beginnings.
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- 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)
Catalan
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin principiantem, from post-Classical prīncipiō (“to begin”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editprincipiant m or f (masculine and feminine plural principiants)
Noun
editprincipiant m or f by sense (plural principiants)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “principiant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
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