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disinherited

disinherited

7.1
A person not allowed to get family property after someone's death
  • adjective
  • /ˌdɪsɪnˈhɛrɪtɪd/
translation icon : desheredado
  • The lawyer informed him that he had been disinherited from his father's will.

Examples

  • At the same time another disinherited son of an Augustus, a man named Maxentius, rebelled in Rome.

  • He was not disinherited, He was not displaced.

  • After the family dispute, she found herself disinherited and without any claim to the estate.

  • Feeling betrayed, the disinherited sibling decided to move away and start anew.

Surface Forms

disinherited positive

Morphology

disinherited = disinherit (semi-transparent) = dis + inherit + ed

The adjective is a regular past-participle formation from the verb 'disinherit' and means 'having been disinherited'.

Etymology

Disinherited comes from the parts dis- meaning 'not' or 'away' and inherit meaning 'to receive from a family member', the same root you see in the common word inherit. So, to be disinherited is to be officially 'not allowed to receive' family money or property — your right to inherit has been taken away.