Definitions for descendent

descendent de·scend·ent

Spelling: [dih-sen-duh nt]
IPA: /dɪˈsɛn dənt/

Descendent is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 168 anagrams from letters in descendent (cddeeennst).

Definitions for descendent

adjective

  1. descending; going or coming down.
  2. deriving or descending from an ancestor.

Origin of descendent

1565-75; Latin dēscendent- (stem of dēscendēns), present participle of dēscendere. See descend, -ent

Examples for descendent

Now, its descendent organizations are dedicated to advancing the 20th-century throwback notion of the primacy of the nation-state.

I don't mind Slith so much, he's only a little anachronistic reptile, a descendent of happier days in dinosaurial dawndom.

The queen of one of the islands in the Victoria Nyanza is a descendent of them.

This Debon was one of the companions of Brute, the descendent of Aene'as.

My mother was a descendent of Greek royalty, an intellectual grande dame who wore elegant shaded glasses.

"She contends that she is a descendent of the old Mexican kings," offered Kendric coolly.

Word Value for descendent
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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