pedigree

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
14
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈpɛd.ɪ.ɡɹi/ (UK)

Definition of pedigree

8 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding.
  2. (countable, uncountable)A person's ancestral history; ancestry, lineage.
  3. (uncountable)Good breeding or ancestry.
  4. (countable, uncountable)The history or provenance of an idea, custom etc.
    “This connection between sexual and spiritual impurity had an immense pedigree.”
  5. (countable, uncountable)The ancestry of a domesticated animal, especially a dog or horse.

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Having a pedigree.
  2. (not-comparable)Purebred.

verb

  1. (transitive)To determine the pedigree of (an animal).

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Etymology

From Anglo-Norman pé de grue, a variant of Old French pié de gru (“foot of a crane”), from Latin pes (“foot”) + grus (“crane”).

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