progeny means offspring or descendants considered as a group. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 74 out of 100.
progeny is pronounced /ˈpɹɒd͡ʒəni/.
Why “progeny” is a great word
PROGENY — [Noun] Offspring or descendants considered collectively, or the tangible result of a creative effort. From Middle English progenie, from Old French progenie, from Latin prōgeniēs ("descendants, lineage"), from prōgignō ("to beget"). Unlike "offspring," which denotes immediate children, or "progenitor," which names the singular ancestral source, progeny implies a forward-flowing continuum—the silent multiplication of names in a family Bible, the stubborn spread of dandelions across a lawn, and the long shadow cast by a single thought into volumes of text. It is the humble, enduring evidence of something having once begun, and thus, must continue.
noun
- Offspring or descendants considered as a group.“I treasure this five-generation photograph of my great-great grandmother and her progeny.”
- Descent, lineage, ancestry.“Beſides, all French and France exclaimes on thee, / Doubting thy Birth and lawfull Progenie. / Who ioyn’ſt thou with, but with a Lordly Nation, / That will not truſt thee, but for profits ſake ?”
- A result of a creative effort.“His dissertation is his most important intellectual progeny to date.”