presentaneous

English

Etymology

From Latin praesentaneus. See present (adjective).

Adjective

presentaneous (comparative more presentaneous, superlative most presentaneous)

  1. (obsolete) ready; quick; immediate in effect
    • 1673, Gideon Harvey, A Discourse of the Plague
      in the manner of a most presentaneous poyson, they enecate in two or three hours

References
  • presentaneous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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