5 April 2016

progeny

[proj-uh-nee]

noun, plural progeny or, for plants or animals progenies.

1. a descendant or offspring, as a child, plant, or animal.
2. such descendants or offspring collectively.
3. something that originates or results from something else; outcome; issue.

Origin of progeny

Middle English, Middle French, Latin

1250-1300; Middle English progenie < Middle French < Latin prōgeniēs offspring, equivalent to prō- pro-1+ gen-, base of gignere to beget (akin to kin ) + -iēs feminine noun suffix

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Examples from the Web for progeny

Contemporary Examples

I exist merely as meat for the hungry wolf, an incubator for his progeny and a servant to his needs.
Judith Regan: Todd Akin and Republican Men’s World of Unicorns, True Love—and No Rape
Judith Regan
August 21, 2012

The memorable last line of the novel reads: “I had no progeny, I transmitted to no one the legacy of our misery.”
Woody Allen’s Favorite Books
FiveBooks
May 5, 2011

Downstairs, a band called Def Generation, composed mostly of Neville progeny, is killing the hour before the brothers come on.
The Stacks: The Neville Brothers Stake Their Claim as Bards of the Bayou
John Ed Bradley
April 26, 2014

Socialism is not the father of Canada’s success, but its progeny.
Don’t Credit “Socialism” for Canada’s Success
David Frum
July 17, 2012

For Gainsbourg, the progeny of two superstars, being cool is the last thing she needs to try to be.
Charlotte Gainsbourg’s Raw Performance in ‘Nymphomaniac’ Is Not About the Sex
Jimmy So
March 20, 2014

Historical Examples

In the main, crime begins in progeny where Juke blood crosses X blood.
Consanguineous Marriages in the American Population
George B. Louis Arner

For while in the progeny of the hybrids (Gen. F1), twenty-five per cent.
Being Well-Born
Michael F. Guyer

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Today’s quote

Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It’s that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that’s what the poet does.

– Allen Ginsberg

On this day

5 April 1994 – death of Kurt Cobain. Lead singer, guitarist and lyricist for Nirvana. He was 27. Born 20 February 1967. The exact date of his death is unknown as his body wasn’t discovered until 8 April 1994.

5 April 1997 – death of Allen Ginsberg, leading American beat-generation writer and poet. Born 3 June 1926.