progeny

Etymology

From Middle English progenie,

from Old French progenie,

from Latin prōgeniēs,

from prōgignō (“beget”).

Noun

progeny (countable and uncountable, plural progenies)

1. (uncountable) Offspring or descendants considered as a group.

I treasure this five-generation photograph of my great-great grandmother and her progeny.

2. (uncountable, obsolete) Descent, lineage, ancestry.
3. (countable, figurative) A result of a creative effort.

His dissertation is his most important intellectual progeny to date.

Synonyms

• (offspring): binary clone, descendant(s), fruit of one's loins, get, issue, lineage, offspring

Derived terms

• interprogeny
• progenate

Related terms

• progenitive, progenitor

Anagrams

• pyrogen

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