proleptic
- Adjective. Of a calendar, extrapolated to dates prior to its first adoption; of those used to adjust to or from the Julian calendar or Gregorian calendar.
- Adjective. Describes an event as having been assigned too early a date.
- Adjective. (rhetoric) Anticipating and answering objections before they have been raised; procataleptic.
This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.
This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.