prejudicious

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌprɛdʒəˈdɪʃəs/ UK /ˌprɛdʒʊˈdɪʃəs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
causing prejudice or harm; detrimental

The leak was prejudicious to a fair trial.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · causing prejudice or harm;... prejudicial detrimental harmful damaging injurious disadvantageous

Opposites

beneficial advantageous helpful

Word family

Related forms prejudice prejudicial prejudiced

Etymology

From prejudice + -ous, ultimately from Latin praejudicium ('previous judgment'), from prae- ('before') + judicium ('judgment'), from judex ('judge').

praejudicium Latin judex Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# prejudicious

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˌprɛdʒəˈdɪʃəs/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌprɛdʒʊˈdɪʃəs/

## Meanings
1. causing prejudice or harm; detrimental

## Examples
- The leak was prejudicious to a fair trial.

## Synonyms
- prejudicial
- detrimental
- harmful
- damaging
- injurious
- disadvantageous

## Antonyms
- beneficial
- advantageous
- helpful

## Related Forms
- prejudice
- prejudicial
- prejudiced

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: praejudicium
- Root: judex

## Etymology
From prejudice + -ous, ultimately from Latin praejudicium ('previous judgment'), from prae- ('before') + judicium ('judgment'), from judex ('judge').

## AI Etymology
Prejudicious is from prejudice + -ous, ultimately from Latin praejudicium ('previous judgment'), from prae- ('before') + judicium ('judgment'), from judex ('judge'). Important recorded forms include praejudicium (Latin) and judex (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers causing prejudice or harm; detrimental. The wider family includes related words such as prejudice, prejudicial, and prejudiced.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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