prolegomenon Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a preliminary discussion inserted at the beginning of a book or treatise

WordNet

Prol`e*gom"e*non noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. , properly neut. pass. p. pr. of to say beforehand; before + to say.
Wordforms
plural Prolegomena
Definitions
  1. A preliminary remark or observation; an introductory discourse prefixed to a book or treatise. D. Stokes (1659). Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1913