porphyrogenite
noun
por·phy·rog·e·nite
ˌpȯ(r)fəˈräjəˌnīt,
-fərōˈjeˌn-
variants or porphyrogenitus
-fərōˈjenətəs
plural porphyrogenites
-ˌnīts
or porphyrogeniti -nəˌtī
: a son born after the accession of his father to the throne : one born in the purple
Word History
Etymology
Medieval Latin porphyrogenitus, from Middle Greek porphyrogennētos, from Greek porphyra purple + gennētos born, from gennan to bear; akin to Greek gignesthai to be born
- fast salt
- fast scarlet R base
- fast spine
- fast study
- fast worker
- fast-break
- fast-breeder
- fast-casual
- fast-casuals
- fast-food
- fast-forward
- fast-forwarded
- fast-forwarding
- fast-forwards
- fast-joint
- fast-lane
- fast-mass
- fast-moving
- fast-paced
- fast-pitch
- fast-stepping
- fast-talk
- fast-talked
- fast-talker
- fast-talkers