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Definition of Nepotic

1. a. Of or pertaining to nepotism.

Definition of Nepotic

1. Adjective. nepotistic ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nepotic

1. nepotism [adj] - See also: nepotism

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nepotic

Literary usage of Nepotic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Who's who in America by John William Leonard, Albert Nelson Marquis (1906)
"... who sent a list of thirty-five names, all of which, save two, were of the same surname as the sender ! This amiably nepotic recommendation was, however, ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The administration was given largely into the hands of his relatives, and nepotic abuses came to weigh as heavily as ever upon the papacy. ..."

3. The Rise of the Spanish Empire in the Old World and in the New by Roger Bigelow Merriman (1918)
"87; J. Sanchez Abandon all nepotic cares, Ruano, Fuero de Salamanca, p. 77; Fear, greed, and undue pity. Cortes, i, p. 61. Think only of the State's behoof, ..."

4. A Text-book of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1921)
"The nepotic portal vein (h. port, v.) is formed by the confluence of veins derived from the intestine, stomach, pancreas, and spleen, and runs forwards to ..."

5. All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens (1883)
"This question will savour of nepotic affection or interested selfishness ; you may take your own meaning. I ask, because I am amongst the sharks again, ..."

6. The North American Review by Making of America Project, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge (1821)
"... Marcy, of the domestic, if not nepotic, type of chief of staff, was at all events a graduate of West Point and had seen frontier service. ..."

7. The International Relations of the Chinese Empire by Hosea Ballou Morse (1918)
"... and accepted the nepotic appointment of a brother who should prove himself strong enough to stand on his own feet; but not when the designated successor ..."

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