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单词 primogenitive
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primogenitiven.adj.

Brit. /ˌprʌɪmə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnᵻtɪv/, U.S. /ˌpraɪmoʊˈdʒɛnədɪv/
Forms: 1600s primogenitiue, 1800s– primogenitive.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin primogenitus , -ive suffix.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin primogenitus primogenit n. + -ive suffix. With use as noun compare primogeniture n. 3. With use as adjective compare earlier primogenital adj., primogenitary adj.
A. n.
= primogeniture n. 3. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > [noun] > hereditary > right of primogeniture
birtha1325
firme birtha1325
first birtha1387
first-birth right1535
right of primogeniture1602
primogeniture1614
primogenitivea1616
primogenitureship1622
ploughman's fee1660
majorat1827
a1616 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida (1623) i. iii. 106 How could Communities, Degrees in Schooles, and Brother-hoods in Cities,..The primogenitiue [1609 primogenitie], and due of Byrth, Prerogatiue of Age,..(But by Degree) stand in Authentique place?
B. adj.
= primogenital adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > first-born
eldestc1000
first-begottenc1350
first-gottena1382
firstbornc1384
first-gendereda1398
first-kinneda1400
oldest1478
ayne1483
first-conceived1574
eigne1586
eldest-born1608
primogenit1619
first-begot1671
primogenitala1706
old1706
primogenitary1827
primogenitive1842
society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > [adjective] > resting on hereditary right > relating to primogeniture
primogenitala1706
firstborn1770
primogenitary1827
primogenitive1842
1842 F. Trollope Visit to Italy II. iv. 87 She had a sort of primogenitive right to..a red cap and tricoloured banner.
1862 Weekly Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 4 Oct. 2/1 We have been unable, as yet, to ascertain the names of parties entering, or the primogenitive species of stock, but we noticed several highly-bred animals, especially bulls, sheep and hogs.
1881 Harper's Mag. Nov. 931/1 His chance lay chiefly in her recently acquired and fanciful prédilection d'artiste for hoary mediæval families with ancestors in alabaster and primogenitive renown.
1932 W. Faulkner Light in August v. 107 It was as though he and all other manshaped life about him had been returned to the lightless hot wet primogenitive Female.
1961 P. L. Nicoloff Emerson on Race & Hist. iii. ix. 194 To a philosopher and poet..the frivolous mood bred by primogenitive wealth and ease appeared unforgivable.
1996 Stud. Eng. Lit. 1500–1900 36 406 The laws of primogenitive inheritance were designed to regulate the passage of property between generations.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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