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inbred¹
- /ˈɪnˌbɹɛd/ attributive
- /ˈɪnˌbɹɛd/ predicative
- /ˌɪnˈbɹɛd/ predicative
Rhymes with -ɛd
Where it comes from
From the past participle of inbreed, equivalent to in- + bred.
adjective more inbred · most inbred
- Bred within; innate. We who from daily experience knew Miss Smedley like a book—were we not only too well aware that she had neither accomplishments nor charms—no characteristic, in fact, but an inbred viciousness of temper and disposition?
- Having an ancestry characterized by inbreeding.
- Describing a strain produced through successive generations of inbreeding resulting in a population of genetically identical individuals which are homozygous at all genetic loci.
- Insular or self-contained, primarily interacting with and drawing upon one another. The Lavender Quill Society, that group of in-bred Manhattan gay writers who believe that gay literature begins and ends in their clique (outsiders need not apply for membership).
Similar: indigenous
noun inbreds
- A plant or animal produced by inbreeding.
- A person born of incest. Since you all marry your cousins I bet you're a bunch of inbreds.
inbred²
- /ˈɪnˌbɹɛd/ predicative
- /ˌɪnˈbɹɛd/ predicative
Rhymes with -ɛd
Where it comes from
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
verb
- simple past and past participle of inbreed People discovered that the Belgian hare of those days was a very delicate animal and that it was subject to many diseases. It had been inbred so long in order to produce show animals that its vitality was nearly gone.