postgeniture

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noun

The fact of being born after someone else of the same bloodline.

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Meanings

nounpostgeniture (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe fact of being born after someone else of the same bloodline.

    A person of high spirit and honour, naturally a King, though fatally prevented by the harmlesse chance of post-geniture […]

    1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus

Origin

From post- + geniture.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“postgeniture.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postgeniture. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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