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ger⋅mane
[
jer-meyn]
–adjective
| 1. | closely or significantly related; relevant; pertinent: Please keep your statements germane to the issue. |
| 2. | Obsolete. closely related. |
Related forms:
ger⋅mane⋅ly, adverb
ger⋅mane⋅ness, noun
Synonyms:
1. related, applicable, apposite, appropriate, fitting, apt, suited.
1. related, applicable, apposite, appropriate, fitting, apt, suited.
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ger·mane (jər-mān') adj. Being both pertinent and fitting. See Synonyms at relevant. [Middle English germain, having the same parents, closely connected; see german2.] ger·mane'ly adv. |
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Germane
Ger*mane"\, a. [See German akin, nearly related.] Literally, near akin; hence, closely allied; appropriate or fitting; relevant. The phrase would be more germane to the matter. --Shak. [An amendment] must be germane. --Barclay (Digest).
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germane
1340, "having the same parents," derived from german (1); cf. human/humane, urban/urbane. Main modern sense of "closely connected, relevant" (1602) derives from use in "Hamlet" Act V, Scene ii: "The phrase would bee more Germaine to the matter: If we could carry Cannon by our sides," which is a fig. use of the word in the now-obsolete sense of "closely related, akin" (1470) in reference to things, not persons.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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