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Write World: Word of the Day: Matrilineal

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matrilineal \ma-truh-LIN-ee-uhl, adjective:

Inheriting or determining descent through the female line.

In a matrilineal society, in a matriarchy, and especially in this particular matriarchy, the women, as I’ve already said, control the houses, the lineage of the children, and a lot of…

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innocuous

vernaculr:

(adjective)

  1. Not harmful or injurious; harmless.
  2. Not likely to irritate or offend; inoffensive.
  3. Not interesting, stimulating or significant; pallid; insipid.