cousin-german
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.30 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "This interesting explanation of family connections given by Mrs. Boville occasioned an éclaircissement exceedingly gratifying to Mrs. De Brooke and Rosilia. Doctor Lovesworth, for whom they had mutually, with the whole of their family, felt so great a partiality, was found to be the cousin-german of Mrs. De Brooke."
- "This propensity to display its blossoms on bare branches the almond shares with several of its kindred; and, as a parallel to Solomon's image, we may refer to its cousin-german the sloe, in our own cold clime so familiar, with its snowy petals […]"
- ""Have a care what you do, Grantly, this Indian is cousin-german to the Old Nick, and he can read your intentions like print.""
Etymology
From Middle English cosin germain, from Anglo-Norman cosin germain, cosine germaine. See also Middle English cosin, germain.