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genetous

genetous adjective: congenital.

Adjective

genetous (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Congenital.
    • In process of time, by studying the symptoms in life and the lesions after death, we may be able to resolve genetous idiocy into some new or old classes.1877, William Wotherspoon Ireland, On idiocy and imbecility, page 43

Questions about genetous

What does genetous mean?
Genetous means congenital.
What part of speech is genetous?
Genetous is an adjective.

Words near genetous in the dictionary

  1. geneticizes
  2. geneticizing
  3. genetics
  4. genetive
  5. genetives
  6. genetous
  7. genetrap
  8. genetraps
  9. genetrices
  10. genetrix
  11. genetrixes

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