cousin-uncle
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Male first cousin of one's parent; one's male first cousin once removed in a higher generation.
Example Sentences
- "Walter is my dad's first cousin. That makes Walter my cousin-uncle. Jack is my mother's first cousin, so for me he is another cousin-uncle."
- "For quotations using this term, see Citations:cousin-uncle."