prelusive
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The lights seemed dim, my voice sounded far away, there was a tumult in my senses that was prelusive of fainting.
From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Thomson seems to have been partial to these kind of adjectives, "effusive," "diffusive," "prelusive," &c.
From Notes and Queries, Number 179, April 2, 1853. A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell
And afterward, to make amends, What if all three of us contribute each A line to that prelusive fragment,—help The embarrassed bard who broke out to break down Dumbfoundered at such unforeseen success?
From Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning by Helen Archibald Clarke
Brad and Jont had begun to tune their fiddles, and the first prelusive snapping of strings at once awakened Heman's nerves to a pleasant tingling; he was excited at the nearness of the coming joy.
From Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life by Alice Brown
There was a fine note in Mr. Allen's earliest work; a prelusive note with the quality of the flute....
From James Lane Allen: A Sketch of his Life and Work by Unknown
