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prelapsarian

[pree-lap-sair-ee-uhn] Origin

pre·lap·sar·i·an

[pree-lap-sair-ee-uhn]
adjective
1.
Theology. occurring before the Fall: the prelapsarian innocence of Eden.
2.
characteristic of or pertaining to any innocent or carefree period: a prelapsarian youth.

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Prelapsarian has a plethora of syllables.
So is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Does it mean:
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.

Origin:
1875–80; pre- + -lapsarian, as in infralapsarian, supralapsarian
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prelapsarian (ˌpriːlæpˈsɛərɪən)
 
adj
characteristic of or relating to the human state or time before the Fall: prelapsarian innocence

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prelapsarian
"pertaining to the condition before the Fall," 1879, from pre- + L. lapsus "fall."
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