ULTIMOGENITURE


Meaning of ULTIMOGENITURE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌəl-tə-mō-ˈje-nə-ˌchu̇r, -ni-chər, -nə-ˌtyu̇r, -nə-ˌtu̇r ]

noun

Etymology: Latin ultimus last + English prim ogeniture

Date: 1882

: a system of inheritance by which the youngest child succeeds to the estate

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.