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pignoratitious

pignoratitious adjective: of, like, or pertaining to pignoration.

Adjective

pignoratitious (not comparable)

  1. Of, like, or pertaining to pignoration.
    • ...the mortgagor, when possession has been delivered might (on the debt being paid or satisfied out of the profits) reclaim it by the pignoratitious action...1840, Authur Browne, A compendious View of the Civil Law and of the Law of the Admiralty..., page 207

Origin of pignoratitious

Late Latin pigneraticius, pignoraticius, from Latin pigneratus, pignoratus + -icius (“-itious”).

Questions about pignoratitious

What does pignoratitious mean?
Pignoratitious means of, like, or pertaining to pignoration.
What part of speech is pignoratitious?
Pignoratitious is an adjective.

Words near pignoratitious in the dictionary

  1. pignorated
  2. pignorates
  3. pignorating
  4. pignoration
  5. pignorations
  6. pignoratitious
  7. pignorative
  8. pignose turtle
  9. pignose turtles
  10. pignus amoris
  11. pignut

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