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单词 geniture
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Definition of geniture in English:

geniture

noun ˈdʒɛnɪtʃəˈjeniCHər
archaic
  • A person's birth or parentage.

    〈古〉出生;出身

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It doth also portend in some genitures sudden preferment, but an unlucky end thereof.
    • In this little tract, the ingenious Artist may meet with a concise method for calculating and judging a nativity; unto which I refer the desirous reader for further satisfaction in this geniture.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French geniture or Latin genitura, from the root of gignere 'beget'.

Definition of geniture in US English:

geniture

nounˈjeniCHər
archaic
  • A person's birth or parentage.

    〈古〉出生;出身

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It doth also portend in some genitures sudden preferment, but an unlucky end thereof.
    • In this little tract, the ingenious Artist may meet with a concise method for calculating and judging a nativity; unto which I refer the desirous reader for further satisfaction in this geniture.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French geniture or Latin genitura, from the root of gignere ‘beget’.

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