secundogeniture
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The condition of being secondborn
noun
A right of inheritance belonging to a second son.
noun
A property or possession so inherited.
Example Sentences
- "The kingdom of Naples […] was constituted a secundo-geniture of Spain."
Etymology
From New Latin secundōgenitūra.
Word Breakdown
- Root: secundōgenitūra