adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Of or pertaining to patrimony. not-comparable
2. 2
   Legally (or otherwise) inherited from one or more ancestors. not-comparable

   "[…] Cluffe, who had had two or three sharp little visits of his patrimonial gout […]"

Adjective

1. 1
   inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

ancestralgenetichereditaryinheritableinheritedinnate

Example

More examples

"[…] Cluffe, who had had two or three sharp little visits of his patrimonial gout […]"

Etymology

From patrimony + -al.

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