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A.Word.A.Day--progenitorPronunciation: WAV or RealAudioprogenitor (pro-JEN-i-tuhr) noun 1. A direct ancestor. 2. An originator of a line of descent; a precursor. 3. An originator; a founder. [Middle English progenitour, from Old French progeniteur, from Latin progenitor, from progenitus, past participle of progignere, to beget : pro-, forward. + gignere, gen-, to beget.] "By treason, falsehood and by treachery, Our great progenitors had conquered?" Shakespeare, William, King Henry VI, Part I: Act V, Scene IV. This week's theme: words about relations.
X-BonusAll speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer. -Robert Louis Stevenson [Reflections and Remarks on Human Life](1850-1894)
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