pignoratitious

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adjective

Of, like, or pertaining to pignoration.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

adjectivepignoratitious (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf, like, or pertaining to pignoration.

    ...the mortgagor, when possession has been delivered might (on the debt being paid or satisfied out of the profits) reclaim it by the pignoratitious action...

    1840, Authur Browne, A compendious View of the Civil Law and of the Law of the Admiralty..., page 207

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Origin

  1. Latinpigneratus
  2. Late Latinpigneraticius
  3. Englishpignoratitious

Late Latin pigneraticius, pignoraticius, from Latin pigneratus, pignoratus + -icius (“-itious”).

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pignoratitious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pignoratitious

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pignoratitious,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pignoratitious.

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