profectitious

English

Etymology

From Latin profectitius, from proficisci (“to set out, proceed”).

Adjective

profectitious (not comparable)

  1. Proceeding from, or as if from, a parent; derived, as from an ancestor.
    • Gibbon
      The threefold distinction of profectitious, adventitious, and professional was ascertained.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for profectitious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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