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pretermitted child

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
preter-mit-ted child
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A child who would likely stand to inherit under a will, except that the testator did not know of the child at the time the will was written, usually because the child was not yet born.

Inflected Forms

pretermitted children (plural)

Phrases

pretermitted heir pretermitted spouse

Frequently Paired Words

pretermitted heir pretermitted spouse

Questions

What does pretermitted child mean?
A child who would likely stand to inherit under a will, except that the testator did not know of the child at the time the will was written, usually because the child was not yet born.

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