† heredipetyn.

Forms: 1800s hæridipety, 1800s heredipety.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin hērēdipeta , -y suffix³.

Etymology: < classical Latin hērēdipeta legacy hunter ( < hērēdium hereditary estate ( < hērēd- , hērēs heir n. + -ium : see -y suffix⁴) + petere to seek: see repeat v.) + -y suffix³.

Obsolete. rare.

The practice of being attentive to a wealthy person who is old or sick, in the hope of obtaining a legacy; legacy hunting.

ΚΠ

1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity I. i. ii. 71 Heredipety, or legacy hunting, is inveighed against, in the clergy especially, as by the older Satirists.

1874 A. P. Forbes Lives S. Ninian & S. Kentigern Introd. p. xxxiv He condemns their heredipety; he denounces their wealth.

Derivatives

heredipetous adj. that engages in legacy hunting.In quot. with reference to an allegorical representation of a clergyman.

ΚΠ

1866 F. Hall in Lyndesay's Monarche 245 (margin) To the parrot came the magpie, heredipetous, and the raven and the kite, ready to help heavenward.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	heredipety
释义	† heredipetyn. Forms: 1800s hæridipety, 1800s heredipety. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin hērēdipeta , -y suffix³. Etymology: < classical Latin hērēdipeta legacy hunter ( < hērēdium hereditary estate ( < hērēd- , hērēs heir n. + -ium : see -y suffix⁴) + petere to seek: see repeat v.) + -y suffix³. Obsolete. rare. The practice of being attentive to a wealthy person who is old or sick, in the hope of obtaining a legacy; legacy hunting. ΚΠ 1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity I. i. ii. 71 Heredipety, or legacy hunting, is inveighed against, in the clergy especially, as by the older Satirists. 1874 A. P. Forbes Lives S. Ninian & S. Kentigern Introd. p. xxxiv He condemns their heredipety; he denounces their wealth. Derivatives heredipetous adj. that engages in legacy hunting.In quot. with reference to an allegorical representation of a clergyman. ΚΠ 1866 F. Hall in Lyndesay's Monarche 245 (margin) To the parrot came the magpie, heredipetous, and the raven and the kite, ready to help heavenward. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1854
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