Fetii
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Misconstructed plural form of fetus (the standard plural is fetuses). form-of, misconstruction, nonstandard, plural, proscribed, rare
"The hypocrisy was in the Roe decision. Blackmun basically said that fetii have no rights granted by the Constitution, but proceeded to give them rights. If he truly believed that the Constitution gives fetii no rights, why then proceed to give them the little protection he did?"
Example
More examples"The hypocrisy was in the Roe decision. Blackmun basically said that fetii have no rights granted by the Constitution, but proceeded to give them rights. If he truly believed that the Constitution gives fetii no rights, why then proceed to give them the little protection he did?"
Etymology
A pluralisation of fetus by erroneous analogy with words like radii and gladii; compare penii and see the usage note below.
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