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单词 progenity
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progenityn.

Brit. /prə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnᵻti/, U.S. /prəˈdʒɛnədi/, /proʊˈdʒɛnədi/
Forms: late Middle English progenite, late Middle English progenyte, 1500s progenitie, 1600s– progenity.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin prōgeniēs , -ity suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin prōgeniēs progeny n. + -ity suffix. In sense 2 after humanity n.; compare caninity n. 2.
1. = progeny n. (in various senses).
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > progeny or offspring
bairn-teamc885
childeOE
tudderc897
seedOE
teamOE
wastum971
offspringOE
i-cundeOE
fostera1175
i-streonc1175
strainc1175
brooda1300
begetc1300
barm-teamc1315
issuea1325
progenyc1330
fruit of the loinsa1340
bowel1382
young onec1384
suita1387
engendrurea1400
fruitinga1400
geta1400
birth?a1425
porturec1425
progenityc1450
bodyfauntc1460
generation1477
fryc1480
enfantement1483
infantment1483
blood issue1535
propagation1536
offspring1548
race1549
family?1552
increase1552
breed1574
begetting1611
sperm1641
bed1832
fruitage1850
c1450 (a1425) Metrical Paraphr. Old Test. (Selden) 378 (MED) Yf we suld say hys suns all sere And then depart þer progenite [rhyme fyfty], [þ]att lesson wer full long to leere.
1586 R. P. tr. D. Ortúñez de Calahorra Third Pt. Mirrour of Knighthood 182 He dyd verie well make apparant the high progenitie from whence he dyd descend.
1599 T. Heywood 1st Pt. King Edward IV sig. Fv Harrie's of the old house of Lancaster, and that progenitie do I loue.
1610 S. R. Gardiner in Parl. Deb. 1610 (1862) 21 Shall I abandon that regall protection which I have over the progenity of the noblesse of the land, and expose (them) to the weakenes of a comon and vulgar protection?
1766 Biographium Fæmineum II. 109 It was now no news at all, to see queens and ladies of most high estate and progenity..to apply themselves to the acquiring of knowledge.
1789 F. G. Waldron King in Country i. 12 Harry's of the old house of Lancaster, and that progenity do I love.
1884 Times 18 Aug. 6/5 You have the right..to level a free road for free labour and equal enjoyment of life for yourselves and progenity.
1910 Lincoln (Nebraska) Evening News 19 Apr. 2/3 The conductor..applied to him a vile epithet, such reference to his progenity being false..caused him great mental anguish.
1935 G. H. Doran Chron. Barabbas 155 H. G. [Wells] did marry and beget children. Also he dared certain premeditated adventures in progenity.
1990 TASS (Nexis) 6 Aug. People subject to irradiation are destined to have progenity with leukaemia.
2. Consideration for one's descendants.Apparently an isolated use.
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1902 L. Stephen in 19th Cent. May 797 Progenity, or as Mr. Kidd calls it, ‘projected efficiency’, makes us suffer for the good of our descendants.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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