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Adjective

congenital (not comparable)

  • Of a trait or a disease, present since birth.
    • ✤ Synonyms: (obsolete) congenite, (archaic) genetous; see also Thesaurus: innate
    • ✤ Antonym: acquired
    • ✤ Every town the size of Maycomb had families like the Ewells. No economic fluctuations changed their status—people like the Ewells lived as guests of the county in prosperity as well as in the depths of a depression. No truant officers could keep their numerous offspring in school; no public health officer could free them from congenital defects, various worms, and the diseases indigenous to filthy surroundings.1

Etymology

From Latin congenitus +‎ -al, equivalent to con- +‎ genital.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /kənˈdʒɛnɪt(ə)l/
  • Audio (Southern England): 🔊

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Footnotes

  1. 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC: ↩

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