"preclare" meaning in English

See preclare in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more preclare [comparative], most preclare [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin praeclarus. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|praeclarus}} Latin praeclarus Head templates: {{en-adj}} preclare (comparative more preclare, superlative most preclare)
  1. (obsolete, Scotland) illustrious, distinguished Tags: Scotland, obsolete Synonyms: preclair, preclaire
    Sense id: en-preclare-en-adj-J26mlfVP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Scottish English

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for preclare meaning in English (1.2kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "praeclarus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin praeclarus",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin praeclarus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more preclare",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most preclare",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "preclare (comparative more preclare, superlative most preclare)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English undefined derivations",
          "parents": [
            "Undefined derivations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "illustrious, distinguished"
      ],
      "id": "en-preclare-en-adj-J26mlfVP",
      "links": [
        [
          "illustrious",
          "illustrious"
        ],
        [
          "distinguished",
          "distinguished"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, Scotland) illustrious, distinguished"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "preclair"
        },
        {
          "word": "preclaire"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "preclare"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "praeclarus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin praeclarus",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin praeclarus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more preclare",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most preclare",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "preclare (comparative more preclare, superlative most preclare)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English undefined derivations",
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "illustrious, distinguished"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "illustrious",
          "illustrious"
        ],
        [
          "distinguished",
          "distinguished"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, Scotland) illustrious, distinguished"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "preclair"
    },
    {
      "word": "preclaire"
    }
  ],
  "word": "preclare"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.