unpedigreedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈpɛdᵻɡriːd/, U.S. /ˌənˈpɛdəˌɡrid/ Lacking a (recorded) pedigree; of undistinguished or uncertain descent.
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low-bornc1275
ungentlec1374
unnoblea1382
bastardly1552
baseborn1553
ingenerous1621
lowly born1623
earth-born1630
unpedigreed1787
birthless1817
unaristocratic1841
disconnected1847
pedigreeless1859
1787 J. White tr. Cicero Orations against Verres ii. 42 Verres..deserted to the nobles..because he could not endure the unpedigreed fellows [L. novos homines] who composed the other party.
1827 R. Pollok Course of Time II. viii. 102 Unscutcheoned all, Uncrowned, unplumed, unhelmed, unpedigreed.
1859 Gardeners' Chron. 29 Oct. 876/3 The good qualities of an unpedigreed bull—a bull without a registered maternal grandfather..—have been handed down for nearly 80 years.
1953 D. Bryant Cat Bk. vii. i. 233 Unpedigreed Siamese cats are characterized by excessive restlessness and wildness.
2003 E. Haycox, Jr. On Silver Desert ii. 27 Erny did not merge easily into his freshman class... He was an unpedigreed outsider.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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