pedigreedadj.
/ˈpɛdᵻɡriːd/, U.S. /ˈpɛdəˌɡrid/ 1. Of a person: having a pedigree; coming from an old-established family, being of distinguished descent. Also in extended use, of customs, institutions, etc. Now chiefly U.S.In quot. 1722: formally ordained in the historic succession of the church.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > genealogy as study > [adjective] > having recorded genealogy
genealogied1611
pedigreed1682
pedigree1861
1682 M. Coppinger Poems 110 One in an antick posture leads a Dance, And swears each step is Alamode de France; 'Tother more solid, walks a State-Corant, And Pedigreed Antiquity doth vaunt.
1722 R. Cocks Church of Eng. Secur'd (ed. 2) 51 Lay-Chancellors, who can bind and absolve, a Power vested only in the pedigreed Priest.
1832 T. H. Chivers Path of Sorrow 70 His pedigreed and patrimonial skill, In suiting God's emolument to human death!
1868 J. Parton et al. Eminent Women of Age 528 She is a genuine Bostonian.., pedigreed, born, bred, and habituated as such.
1885 C. Lowe Bismarck i. 11 Most of the other maternal ancestors of the Chancellor had belonged to the poor but pedigreed gentry of Brandenburg.
1966 D. Francis Flying Finish vii. 89 Billy..hated my pedigreed guts.
1994 New Yorker 19 Sept. 103/1 At times, ‘Quiz Show’ harps so relentlessly on the idea of the scrappy Jewish underdog versus the pedigreed Gentile overdog that it seems nearly as singleminded as Stempel himself.
2. Of a domesticated or other artificially bred animal or plant: having a recorded pedigree. Cf. pedigree adj. 1.
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the world > animals > domestic animal > [adjective] > of livestock > kept for breeding > well-bred > having a recorded pedigree
pedigreed1818
1818 Sporting Mag. 2 215 A pedigreed horse..whose pedigree was, probably, made out only by the horse-dealer.
1898 Breeder's Gaz. 7 Sept. 199/3 The Gazette is asked for information in reference to certain so-called ‘pure’ or ‘straight-bred’ strains of pedigreed cattle.
1916 Mem. N.Y. Bot. Garden 6 353 The possibility of cross-sterility between sister plants of a seed progeny was proven and the interrelations of sterility studied in a pedigreed seed progeny.
1947 F. C. Edminster Fish Ponds for Farm i. 6 In central Europe.., at least prior to the recent war, there were ponds of pedigreed carp that satisfied the exacting tastes of wealthy gourmets.
1977 New Yorker 11 July 70/1 I saw a sled being pulled by an Irish setter, another by a mongrel collie, a third by a pedigreed scottie.
1996 D. Hall Old Life 4 To break even, you needed to milk fifty registered pedigreed Holsteins—and borrow from Fleet to buy a milking machine.
3. U.S. colloquial. Having a criminal record.
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society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [adjective] > known to the police
pedigreed1935
tasty1975
1935 Amer. Speech 10 13/1 To have one's record in the possession of the police;..pedigreed.
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §461/3 Pedigreed crook, one with a police record.
1971 ‘A. Blaisdell’ Pract. to Deceive viii. 112 Rodriguez and D'Arcy were out again hunting the pedigreed sex fiends.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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