Previously mentioned or referred to earlier in a text or conversation.
Compound of 'before' plus 'mentioned' (past participle of 'mention'). This is a formal, somewhat archaic way to reference something discussed earlier, combining English's 'before' with Latin 'mentio' (reference).
Legal and formal English loved compound adjectives like this—'aforementioned,' 'above-mentioned,' 'beforementioned'—which all served to avoid repeating the actual noun, a stylistic preference in contracts and formal documents.
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