FAMILIAL

familial, genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissible

(adjective) occurring among members of a family usually by heredity; “an inherited disease”; “familial traits”; “genetically transmitted features”

familial

(adjective) relating to or having the characteristics of a family; “children of the same familial background”; “familial aggregation”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

familial (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to a human family.

Of or pertaining to any grouping of things referred to as a family.

(pathology) Inherited.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

9 May 2025

RIGHT

(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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