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parentage

noun

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French parentage.

  1. derived from parentage

Definitions

  1. The identity and nature of one's parents, and in particular, the legitimacy of one's…

    The identity and nature of one's parents, and in particular, the legitimacy of one's birth.

    • I am a Lord, for so my deedes ſhall prooue, And yet a ſhepheard by my Parentage: […]
    • English gentlemen, after all, do not discriminate against each other on the grounds of parentage, only of breeding.

  2. The social quality of one's class in society.

    • My fortunes parentage — good parentage — To equal mine! — was it not thus? What say you?
    • Mr. Worthington. Second son. We shall find better. He is of dubious parentage.

  3. Origin

    Origin; derivation.

The neighborhood

Derived

mixed parentage

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at parentage. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at parentage. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at parentage

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA