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cous⋅in⋅ly

   [kuhz-uhn-lee]
–adjective
like or befitting a cousin.
Origin:
1805–15; cousin + -ly
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cous·in     (kŭz'ĭn)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A child of one's aunt or uncle. Also called first cousin.
  2. A relative descended from a common ancestor, such as a grandparent, by two or more steps in a diverging line.
  3. A relative by blood or marriage; a kinsman or kinswoman.
  4. A member of a kindred group or country: our Canadian cousins.
  5. Something similar in quality or character: "There's no mistaking soca for its distant Jamaican cousin, reggae" (Michael Saunders).
  6. Used as a form of address by a sovereign in addressing another sovereign or a high-ranking member of the nobility.


[Middle English cosin, a relative, from Old French, from Latin cōnsōbrīnus, cousin : com-, com- + sōbrīnus, cousin on the mother's side; see swesor- in Indo-European roots.]

cous'in·hood' n., cous'in·ly adj., cous'in·ship' n.
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cousinly

adjective
like or befitting a cousin; "a cousinly kiss" [ant: uncousinly] 

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Cousinly

Cous"in*ly\, a. Like or becoming a cousin.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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