prolegomena epitome of incomprehensibility Time lapse between reading and using a new word: five days. I'm getting slower in my old age. It's basically an introduction, especially to a philosophical argument. Preamble is simpler and it starts with the same letter. Preface, even shorter, but it usually means something short, too. Philosopher and poet types appear to like long words that begin with P, I've observed. Palimpsest. Proscenium. Panegyric. Postmodernism. 150304 what's it to you? who go blather from