profectitious
/ˌpɹɒfɪkˈtɪʃəs/
profectitious adjective: proceeding from, or as if from, a parent; derived, as from an ancestor.
Adjective
profectitious (not comparable)
- Proceeding from, or as if from, a parent; derived, as from an ancestor.
- The threefold distinction of profectitious, adventitious, and professional was ascertained.1776–1788, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC
- A "profectitious" dowry (dos profecticia) comes from a woman's paternal ascendant (usually her father and pater familias, but the same rules would apply even if she were emancipated); its main characteristic is that it can be reclaimed if a wife predeceases her husband.2004, Bruce W. Frier, Thomas A. J. McGinn, Thomas A. McGinn, A Casebook on Roman Family Law, page 76
Origin of profectitious
From Latin prōfectitius, from prōficiscor (“set out, proceed”).
Questions about profectitious
- What does profectitious mean?
- Profectitious means proceeding from, or as if from, a parent; derived, as from an ancestor.
- What part of speech is profectitious?
- Profectitious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce profectitious?
- Profectitious is pronounced /ˌpɹɒfɪkˈtɪʃəs/.
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