inbred

Definition

Bred within; innate.

Etymology

From the past participle of inbreed, equivalent to in- + bred.

Example Sentences

• "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?"
• "His cold experience tempers all his heat, And inbred worth doth boasting valour slight."
• "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)."