单词 | forefatherly |
释义 | > as lemmasˈforeˌfatherly ˈforeˌfatherly adj. of or pertaining to one's forefathers, ancestral. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > ancestor > [adjective] fatherlyOE fatherenOE ancestral1579 ancestriala1641 ancestory1650 ancestrian1756 ancestorial1777 progenitorial1825 forefatherly1855 1855 in H. Clarke New Dict. Eng. Lang. 1873 Contemp. Rev. 21 213 Abstruse Englisc, forefatherly and foremotherly as we are assured it is. 1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians I. vi. 119 The clever assortment of our forefatherly heaps of bones. < as lemmas |
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