gentilicial
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Indicative of the family or lineage.
noun
A name or symbol that identifies a family or lineage.
Example Sentences
- "Ingua was the Hereditary Name of the Kings Romans of Peru, and their Gentilicial Arms a Rainbow and Two Snakes;"
- "It is true, that in point of fact, the difference between these gentilicial names was more apparent than real;"
- "Although lacking the tight kinship focus evident in the gentilicial organization of the aristocracy, the settled population did still maintain internal divisions, as evidenced by the curiate system in Rome."
- "But Aurelius is a gentilicial name, like Propertius, and such duplication of gentilicials would be most extraordinary at this period."
- "However, the letter is more likely to be a gamma, and since both Gillius and Tillius are known gentilicials, the name is probably Gilvius."
- "Apart from Domitiani on the Ibiza amphora, we have other two probable gentilicials."
Etymology
From Latin gentīlicius + -al.
Word Breakdown
- Suffix: gentīlicius