unlineal

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ lineal.

Adjective

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unlineal (not comparable)

  1. Not lineal; not of a family line.
    • 1919, Calvin Coolidge, Have faith in Massachusetts; 2d ed.[1]:
      What proof that some unlineal hand, some barbarism, without or within, shall not wrench the sceptre of democracy from our grasp?