geniture

English

Etymology

From Old French géniture (the same word in modern French), or its source Latin genitura, from the base of gignere (“to beget”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪt͡ʃə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

geniture (plural genitures)

1. Birth; begetting.
   • 1759, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Penguin, published 2003, page 10:

     on Lady-Day, which was on the 25th of the same month in which I date my geniture,—my father set out upon his journey to London with my eldest brother Bobby, to fix him at Westminster school

Derived terms

• postgeniture

Anagrams

• entrigue

Latin

Participle

genitūre

1. vocative masculine singular of genitūrus