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gentilicious

gentilicious adjective: synonym of gentilicial.

Adjective

gentilicious (comparative more gentilicious, superlative most gentilicious)

  1. Synonym of gentilicial.
    • “The purpose of the present work is that of establishing the existence among Western Indo-Europeans of the migration period of a system of social organization based on the regularization of gentilicious organizations.”1950 April, Joshua Whatmough, “Francesco Rodriguez Adrados. El sistema gentilicio decimal de los Indoeuropeos occidentales y los origines de Roma. Madrid, 1948. Pp. 185. (Manuales y Anejos de...
    • The correct signification is given by Elliot, Col. Lees and others, viz. that it is “a gentilicious name denoting the country whence his family spring.[…]”1967, Dara Nusserwanji Marshall, Mughals in India: A Bibliographical Survey, volume I (Manuscripts), Asia Publishing House, page 252
    Synonyms:
    gentilicial

Synonyms of gentilicious

Forms of gentilicious

comparativemore gentilicious
superlativemost gentilicious

Origin of gentilicious

Borrowed from Latin gentīlicius.

Questions about gentilicious

What does gentilicious mean?
Gentilicious means synonym of gentilicial.
What part of speech is gentilicious?
Gentilicious is an adjective.

Words near gentilicious in the dictionary

  1. gentilicia
  2. gentilicial
  3. gentilicials
  4. gentilician
  5. gentilicians
  6. gentilicious
  7. gentilicium
  8. gentilics
  9. gentilise
  10. gentilised
  11. gentilises

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