This week’s theme
There’s an antonym for it

This week’s words
estivate
diurnal
ultimogeniture
distributary
dissensus

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(uhl-tuh-mo-JEN-i-chuhr)

MEANING:

noun: A system of inheritance in which the youngest child inherits a title, estate, etc.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin ultimus (last) + genitura (birth). Earliest documented use: 1882. Also known as postremogeniture. The opposite is primogeniture.

USAGE:

“Bao’s mother died in a small plane crash, and Bao as the youngest daughter had to go home and take care of the things, including possession of the family home. Ultimogeniture in action.”
Kim Stanley Robinson; Blue Mars; Bantam; 1996.

See more usage examples of ultimogeniture in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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