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Word entry · 6 letters

inbred

Best crossword clue

"Innate"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɪnˌbɹɛd/Part of speech adjectiveSorted bdeinrStarts with IEnds with D1 cluesCommon crossword word
1I2N3B4R5E6D

Definitions

  1. normally existing at birth

Word origin

From the past participle of inbreed, equivalent to in- + bred.

Used in a sentence

  • We who from daily experience knew Miss Smedley like a book—were we not only too well aware that she had neither accomplishments nor charms—no characteristic, in fact, but an inbred viciousness of temper and disposition?
  • His cold experience tempers all his heat, And inbred worth doth boasting valour slight.
  • The Lavender Quill Society, that group of in-bred Manhattan gay writers who believe that gay literature begins and ends in their clique (outsiders need not apply for membership).

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