"prolegomenous" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From prolegomenon + -ous.",
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  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "1749, Henry Fielding, chapter I, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VIII:",
          "text": "[…]it may not be amiss, in the prolegomenous or introductory chapter, to say something of that species of writing which is called the marvellous.",
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        "Introductory; functioning as a preface or prolegomenon."
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        "(literary) Introductory; functioning as a preface or prolegomenon."
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