agnatic

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French agnatique, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin agnātus (“paternal kinsman”).

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.

Related terms

• agnate

Translations

of the male bloodline

• French: agnatique (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: agnático
• Russian: агнати́ческий (ru) (agnatíčeskij), агна́тный (ru) (agnátnyj)
• Swedish: agnatisk (sv)

See also

• cognatic
• enatic

Anagrams

• cantiga