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;... prejudicialdetrimentalharmfuldamaginginjuriousdisadvantageous ↔ Opposites beneficialadvantageoushelpful Word family Related forms prejudiceprejudicialprejudiced Etymology AI details From prejudice + -ous, ultimately from Latin praejudicium ('previous judgment'), from prae- ('before') + judicium ('judgment'), from judex ('judge'). praejudicium Latin judex Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 markdown