precursory

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
precursory
    adj 1: warning of future misfortune [syn: {precursory},
           {premonitory}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Precursory \Pre*cur"so*ry\, a. [L. praecursorius.]
   Preceding as a precursor or harbinger; indicating something
   to follow; as, precursory symptoms of a fever.
   [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Precursory \Pre*cur"so*ry\, n.
   An introduction. [Obs.]
   [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "precursory":
      antecedent, anterior, augural, chief, exordial, first, foreboding,
      foregoing, foremost, forerunning, foreshadowing, foreshowing,
      foretokening, forewarning, heading, headmost, heavy with meaning,
      inaugural, indicative, initiatory, intuitive, leading, meaningful,
      monitory, portentous, precautional, precautionary, precedent,
      preceding, precessional, precursive, predictive, prefatory,
      prefigurative, preindicative, preliminary, preludial, prelusive,
      premonitory, preparatory, presageful, presaging, prevenient, prior,
      prodromal, prodromic, proemial, prognostic, prognosticative,
      propaedeutic, significant, warning
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