profectitious
/ˌprɒfɛkˈtɪʃəs/Roman History
adjective
Of property or money: that proceeds or is derived from a parent or ancestor (applied especially to a dowry given to a woman by her paterfamilias). Contrasted with adventitious.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Blount (1618–1679), antiquary and lexicographer. From classical Latin profectīcius that proceeds from a father or male ancestor + -ous. Compare French †profectice, Portuguese profectício.
- painted woman
- painter
- painterish
- painter-like
- painterliness
- painterly
- painter's brush
- painters' brush
- painter's colic
- painters' colic
- painter's mussel
- painters' mussel
- painter-stainer
- paint film
- paint frame
- paint gun
- pain threshold
- paint-in
- paintiness
- painting
- painting cloth
- paintingness
- paint job
- paint kettle
- paintless