agnatic

English

Etymology

From French agnatique, from Latin agnātus (“paternal kinsman”). Equivalent to agnate +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æɡˈnætɪk/

Adjective

agnatic (comparative more agnatic, superlative most agnatic)

1. of the male bloodline; patrilineal
   • 2013, John Middleton, E. H. Winter, Witchcraft and Sorcery in East Africa, page 203:

     Men accuse agnates of their own generation of bewitching them. Full brothers are not often suspected although half-brothers may be accused of witchcraft and agnatic cousins and more distant members of a man's minimal lineage are not unusual suspects.

Derived terms

• nonagnatic

 

Related terms

• agnate

Translations

of the male bloodline

• Dutch: agnatisch
• French: agnatique (fr)
• Polish: agnacyjny (pl)
• Portuguese: agnático
• Russian: агнати́ческий (ru) (agnatíčeskij), агна́тный (ru) (agnátnyj)
• Spanish: agnático
• Swedish: agnatisk (sv)

See also

• cognatic
• enatic

Anagrams

• cantiga