单词 | primogenitive |
释义 | primogenitiven.adj. = 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). < n.adj.a1616 |
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