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cousiness|ˈkʌz(ə)nɪs|
Forms: 4 cosynes(s, 5–6 Sc. cousignes, -nace, 6 Sc. cosingnace, -nais, 9 cousiness.
[f. cousin + -ess. Used in ME.; frequent in 16th c. Scotch writers, and occasional as a nonce-wd. in 19th c.]
A female cousin; a kinswoman (obs.).
c1350Will. Palerne 625 Þer-for, curteise cosynes, for loue of crist in heuene, Kiþe nouȝ þi kindenes. 1382Wyclif Luke i. 36 Loo! Elizabeth, thi cosyness, and sche hath conceyued a sone in hir elde. c1470Henry Wallace x. 1156 His wiff was Eduuardis ner cusing [v.r. Eduuardis cousignes]. 1575Morton Proclam. (Reg. Privy Council Scot. II. 459) Betwix our souverane Lord and his dearest sister and cousignace the Queene of England. 1858People's Paper 28 Aug. 4/4 The wife of one and the cousiness of another. 1889F. Pigot Strangest Journ. 321 He had the bad taste not to care for his cousinesses, if I may coin a word which is much wanted. |