lawfully-begotten

1. 1.

   born in wedlock; enjoying full filial rights

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Questions about lawfully-begotten

What does lawfully-begotten mean?

lawfully-begotten means "born in wedlock; enjoying full filial rights".

How many syllables are in lawfully-begotten?

lawfully-begotten has 6 syllables: law-ful-ly--be-got-ten. The stress falls on "be".

Is lawfully-begotten a common word?

lawfully-begotten is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.