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noun
1.
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
2.
family relationship or kinship.
3.
a group of persons descended from a common ancestor or constituting a family, clan, tribe, or race.
4.
a relative or kinsman.
5.
someone or something of the same or similar kind: philosophy and its kin, theology.
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Of kin
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
8.
of kin, of the same family; related; akin: Although their surnames are identical they are not of kin.
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Word Origin & History
kin
O.E. cyn "family, race, kind, nature," from P.Gmc. *kunjan (cf. O.N. kyn, O.H.G. chunni, Goth. kuni "family, race," O.N. kundr "son," Ger. kind "child"), from PIE *gen- "to produce" (see genus). Kinship is a modern word, first attested 1833 in writing of Mrs. Browning.
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