tralatitious

9.9

A custom or story that older people pass to younger people

adjective
/ˌtræl.əˈtɪʃ.əs/

Archaic

: tradicional

Many tralatitious tales are told in my family.

Examples

Some legal principles remain tralatitious, inherited from earlier generations of jurists.
The festival is based on tralatitious customs.
Many rituals in the village are tralatitious, preserved from ancient times.
The scholar criticized the tralatitious interpretation of the text as lacking originality.
Many rituals in the village are tralatitious, preserved from ancient times.
The festival is based on tralatitious customs that have been celebrated for generations.
Some legal principles are considered tralatitious, having been passed down from earlier traditions.

Synonyms

traditional

vstralatitious

994 1.5

Following long-held customs and ways of doing things

focuses more on being passed between generations or people

handed-down

vstralatitious

4.2

Older family members give things like clothes or recipes to younger ones

also refers to customs that are long established rather than only their transmission

Antonyms

innovative

165 5.5

Having new ideas or methods to do things better

novel

72 5.1

New and different, not seen or done before

How Traditional

ancestral

43 5.5

age-old

38 4.2

time-honored

19 4.7

tralatitious

Archaic

9.9

customary

70 3.5

Surface Forms

tralatitious positive

Etymology

Tralatitious comes from Latin parts trans- ('across') and lat ('carry'), the same root you see in translate ('carry across'). So something tralatitious has been 'carried across' from one person or generation to another, which is why it means 'handed down' or 'traditional'.