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thoroughbreed

noun

Etymology

From thorough + breed.

  1. derived from *bʰreh₁-✻ — “warm”
  2. inherited from *brōdijaną✻ — “to brood”
  3. inherited from brēdan
  4. inherited from breden
  5. formed as thoroughbreed — “thorough + breed”

Definitions

  1. A breed of unadulterated or pure lineage.

    • No particular breed of cattle can be said to exist in this district: milk being the main object of the farmer, he does not consider any thoroughbreed particularly advantageous for that purpose; […]
    • It is only through the practice of the principles of evolution that a thorough-breed can be obtained. Every species is one of nature's thorough-breeds.

  2. Alternative form of thoroughbred.

    • He also entered his own horses for the Lahore meetings, although the thoroughbreeds were sold off to trainers who competed in the more prestigious Bombay and Calcutta races.

The neighborhood

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