primogenital
1primogenital — See primogenitary. * * * …
2primogenital — praɪməʊ dÊ’enɪtl adj. pertaining to the right of the firstborn child or eldest son to receive the family inheritance …
3primogenital — pri·mo·genital …
4primogenital — | ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷+ adjective Etymology: Late Latin primogenitalis, from primogenitus state of being firstborn (from Latin, firstborn, from primus first + genitus, past participle of gignere to beget) + Latin alis al : primogenitary …
5primogeniture — primogenitary, primogenital, adj. primogenitureship, n. /pruy meuh jen i cheuhr, choor /, n. 1. the state or fact of being the firstborn of children of the same parents. 2. Law. the system of inheritance or succession by the firstborn,… …
6uni- — ♦ Élément, du lat. unus « un ». ⇒ mon(o) . ● uni Préfixe, du latin unus, un seul. ⇒UNI , élém. formant Élém. tiré du lat. uni , de unus « un, un seul », entrant dans la constr. d adj. et de qq. subst. appartenant princ. au vocab. sc. et techn. I …
7primogeniture — [ˌprʌɪmə(ʊ) dʒɛnɪtʃə] noun the state of being the firstborn child. ↘a rule or tradition of inheritance by the firstborn child. Derivatives primogenital adjective primogenitary adjective Origin C17: from med. L. primogenitura, from L. primo first… …
8first — adj 1. premiere, initial, initiative, opening; antecedent, anterior, preceding, precedent, in the front; primary, prime, primal; earliest, pristine, primeval, primigenial; elementary, fundamental, rudimentary, rudimental; original, incipient,… …
9oldest — adj eldest, first born, primogenital, primo genitary, senior; original, primordial, Obs. primigenial; earliest, pristine, primeval, initial, first …
10primogeniture — n. principle of inheritance by eldest child; state of being eldest child. ♦ primogenial, a. first to be formed; original. ♦ primogenital, ♦ primogenitary, a. ♦ primogenitor, n. ancestor …
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