Proleptic
/proʊˈlɛp.tɪk/noun
Relating to anticipation or to something introduced ahead of its proper time.
Did you know?In rhetoric and grammar, prolepsis is the art of answering or naming something before it arrives, a real ancient technique of anticipation rather than any supernatural prophecy.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
prolēmptikos
“taking beforehand; anticipatory”
Ancient Greek
Greek
prolambanein
“to take beforehand, anticipate”
Late Greek
Greek
prolēpsis
“a taking beforehand; anticipation”
16th Century
Latin
prolepticus
“anticipatory; figurative use from Greek”
17th Century
English
proleptic
“anticipatory, anticipating a future event or condition”
Modern English
English
proleptic
“anticipatory; referring to something that occurs before its usual time”