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Antonyms for pedigree

Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : ped-i-gree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛd ɪˌgri

Definition of pedigree

Origin :
  • early 15c., "genealogical table or chart," from Anglo-French pe de gru, a variant of Old French pied de gru "foot of a crane," from Latin pedem accusative of pes "foot" (see foot (n.)) + gruem (nominative grus) "crane," cognate with Greek geranos, Old English cran; see crane (n.)).
  • On old manuscripts, "descent" was indicated by a forked sign resembling the branching lines of a genealogical chart; the sign also happened to look like a bird's footprint. Form influenced in Middle English by association with degree. Meaning "ancestral line" is mid-15c.; of animals, c.1600. Related: Pedigreed.
  • adj purebred
  • noun ancestry, heritage
Example sentences :
  • I remember such a one in Picardy, with a name as long as a Gascon's pedigree.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Otherwise why the pedigree, why the rigid castes, the isolation of women?
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • They boast of their master's pedigree and descent, as if they were related to him.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • On his father's side a pedigree of three generations can be traced.
  • Extract from : « Concerning Cats » by Helen M. Winslow
  • He had too profound a respect for his own pedigree to lay his sins at his great-grandfather's door.
  • Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair
  • Why, not even so much, for there IS a Herschell in my pedigree.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • Shouldn't wonder if there'd been some class and pedigree to him sometime.'
  • Extract from : « Mixed Faces » by Roy Norton
  • If pedigree would do it, O'Shea may call himself first favorite!
  • Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever
  • "Perhaps I can shorten the pedigree," said Haggerstone, tartly.
  • Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • Graves (James) on pedigree of Richard earl of Chepstow, 126.
  • Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Index of Volume 5, January-June, 1852 » by Various

Synonyms for pedigree

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