† hereditariousadj.
Obsolete. rare.
= hereditary adj. 1a.
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hereditary?a1425
heredital1490
hereditariousa1527
heritable1570
hereditable1652
inherited1797
inborn1816
inheritable1828
germinal1830
germinative1833
genic1894
Mendelizing1909
a1527 R. Thorne in R. Hakluyt Divers Voy. (1582) sig. D2v Some sicknesses are hereditarious, & come from the father to the sonne.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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adj.a1527- engine-lathe
- engine-like
- engine-out
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- engine-size
- engine-sized
- engine-stone
- engine-turned
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- engined
- engineer
- engineer of mines
- engineer's yeoman
- engineer-general
- engineerable
- engineered
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- engineering
- engineering branch
- engineering brick
- engineering ceramics
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- engineering shop