primogenitive
primogenitive adjective: firstborn.
Adjective
primogenitive (comparative more primogenitive, superlative most primogenitive)
- Firstborn.
- This left Henry de Bourbon, the Huguenot King of Navarre, as the primogenitive heir to the French throne, an eventuality the Catholic League in France was unwilling to accept.2014, Roland Mushat Frye, The Renaissance Hamlet, page 68
- The primogenitive male line is said here to carry with it possession of the state—the patrimony of the primogenitive male ancestors.2017, Simon Pearse Brodbeck, The Mahabharata Patriline
- Based on or pertaining to primogeniture.
- The system of primogenitive inheritance utterly destroys this salutary principle ; and for the following reasons:1834 May, C.C.P., “The Evils of Primogenitive Inheritance”, in The Monthly Repository, volume 8, page 349
- If a society must be absolutely primogenitive before the word patrilineal is applied to it, then no society has ever been patrilineal.1985, Albion - Volume 17, page 394
Noun
primogenitive (uncountable)
- primogeniture
- the primogenitive and due of birthc. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
Forms of primogenitive
| comparative | more primogenitive |
|---|---|
| superlative | most primogenitive |
Questions about primogenitive
- What does primogenitive mean?
- Primogenitive means firstborn.
- What part of speech is primogenitive?
- Primogenitive can be an adjective or a noun.
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