| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | fil·i·al |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  f l  - l, fl- |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter: filial respect. 2. Having or assuming the relationship of child or offspring to parent. 3. Genetics Of or relating to a generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin f li lis, from Latin flius, son. See dh(i)- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | fili·al·ly —ADVERB
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