tralatitious

1. 1.

   having been passed along from generation to generation

   “among Biblical critics a tralatitious interpretation is one received by expositor from expositor”

   Synonymshanded-down

   Similartraditional

Questions about tralatitious

What does tralatitious mean?

tralatitious means "having been passed along from generation to generation".

How many syllables are in tralatitious?

tralatitious has 5 syllables: tra-la-ti-ti-ous. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for tralatitious?

Close synonyms include handed-down. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tralatitious a common word?

tralatitious 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.