cater-cousinn.

/ˈkeɪtəˌkʌz(ə)n/

Etymology: derivation and original literal meaning doubtful. The ordinary conjecture (since Skinner) has been that cater is French quatre four, used in the sense of quatrième fourth, ‘from the ridiculousness of calling cousin or relation to so remote a degree’ (Johnson); but etymologically this receives no support from French (where quatre-cousin would be absurdly impossible), nor from the English use of cater in cater n.², cater adv., or catercap n., nor is there any trace of the word having ever been quater , quatre , or quarter ; moreover Johnson's explanation seems hardly to suit early usage, however it may have influenced later use. Fewer difficulties appear in supposing cater to be the English cater n.¹ or cater v.¹, and taking cater-cousins as originally those who were ‘cousins’ by being catered for or boarded together, or by catering for each other: compare companion lit. ‘fellow bread-eater’. It would be easiest perhaps to account for such a formation from the verb, but as there is not at present evidence that this was in use so early as 1547, we must consider the possibility that the derivation was cater, noun + cousin, perhaps as = ‘catering cousin’: compare especially foster-father, -mother, -brother, -sister, etc.

A term formerly applied to persons on terms of ‘cousinship’, intimate friendship, or familiarity with each other, who, though not cousins by blood, were ‘next cousins’ in some respect, or perhaps called each other ‘cousin’ from some community of life, interests, or employments (cf. cousin n. and adj., to call cousins at call v. Phrases 2b cousins). to be (or be made) cater cousins: to be good friends, to be on the best of terms. It still survives as a traditional expression (chiefly from Shakespeare), but without any distinct notion of its intrinsic meaning.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > person on terms of cousinship

cater-cousinc1547

quater-cousin1656

kissing cousin1951

c1547 H. Latimer Let. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 1351/2 And so to bee naturall maye well seme to be cater cosen or cosen germane with (to be diabolicall).

1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. D7 Of Drapers I haue little to say, sauing that I thinke them cater cosins, or cosin germans to merchants.

1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Andria v. ii, in Terence in Eng. 92 They are not now cater-cousins [L. inimicitia est inter eos].

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 16 Not that it is sibbe or cater-cousins to any mungrel Democratia.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. ii. 124 His Maister and he (sauing your worships reuerence) are scarce catercosins .

1600 J. Darrell Detection S. Harshnet 202 One falling out with her as she was at Meate had lyke to have been choaked..untill Alice and shee were made Cater-cousins, and then loe she was as well as might be.

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue (1630) i. 62 I was not halfe Cater-cousins with him, because by his Meanes I had lost my Cloake.

1650 A. B. Mutatus Polemo 8 Cats and Dogs will sooner be cater-cosins.

1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper iii. i. 29 She and I have been Cater-Cousins in our Youth; we have tumbled together between a pair of Sheets.

1702 S. Parker tr. Cicero Five Bks. De Finibus 247 The Stoicks are so far Cater-Cousins to these Philosophers, that they confine the Summum Bonum to Vertue.

1857 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. II. 57 A Lay Rector,—a lay Abbot's cater-cousin, at the present day.

1876 R. Browning Pacchiarotto & Other Poems 52 Proving you were cater-cousins, kith and kindred, king and you!

Derivatives

cater-cousinship n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > person on terms of cousinship > relationship of cater-cousins

cater-cousinship1870

1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 102 There is something nearer than cater-cousinship in a certain impetuous audacity of temper common to them both.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	cater-cousin
释义	cater-cousinn. /ˈkeɪtəˌkʌz(ə)n/ Etymology: derivation and original literal meaning doubtful. The ordinary conjecture (since Skinner) has been that cater is French quatre four, used in the sense of quatrième fourth, ‘from the ridiculousness of calling cousin or relation to so remote a degree’ (Johnson); but etymologically this receives no support from French (where quatre-cousin would be absurdly impossible), nor from the English use of cater in cater n.², cater adv., or catercap n., nor is there any trace of the word having ever been quater , quatre , or quarter ; moreover Johnson's explanation seems hardly to suit early usage, however it may have influenced later use. Fewer difficulties appear in supposing cater to be the English cater n.¹ or cater v.¹, and taking cater-cousins as originally those who were ‘cousins’ by being catered for or boarded together, or by catering for each other: compare companion lit. ‘fellow bread-eater’. It would be easiest perhaps to account for such a formation from the verb, but as there is not at present evidence that this was in use so early as 1547, we must consider the possibility that the derivation was cater, noun + cousin, perhaps as = ‘catering cousin’: compare especially foster-father, -mother, -brother, -sister, etc. A term formerly applied to persons on terms of ‘cousinship’, intimate friendship, or familiarity with each other, who, though not cousins by blood, were ‘next cousins’ in some respect, or perhaps called each other ‘cousin’ from some community of life, interests, or employments (cf. cousin n. and adj., to call cousins at call v. Phrases 2b cousins). to be (or be made) cater cousins: to be good friends, to be on the best of terms. It still survives as a traditional expression (chiefly from Shakespeare), but without any distinct notion of its intrinsic meaning. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > person on terms of cousinship cater-cousinc1547 quater-cousin1656 kissing cousin1951 c1547 H. Latimer Let. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 1351/2 And so to bee naturall maye well seme to be cater cosen or cosen germane with (to be diabolicall). 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. D7 Of Drapers I haue little to say, sauing that I thinke them cater cosins, or cosin germans to merchants. 1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Andria v. ii, in Terence in Eng. 92 They are not now cater-cousins [L. inimicitia est inter eos]. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 16 Not that it is sibbe or cater-cousins to any mungrel Democratia. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. ii. 124 His Maister and he (sauing your worships reuerence) are scarce catercosins . View more context for this quotation 1600 J. Darrell Detection S. Harshnet 202 One falling out with her as she was at Meate had lyke to have been choaked..untill Alice and shee were made Cater-cousins, and then loe she was as well as might be. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue (1630) i. 62 I was not halfe Cater-cousins with him, because by his Meanes I had lost my Cloake. 1650 A. B. Mutatus Polemo 8 Cats and Dogs will sooner be cater-cosins. 1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper iii. i. 29 She and I have been Cater-Cousins in our Youth; we have tumbled together between a pair of Sheets. 1702 S. Parker tr. Cicero Five Bks. De Finibus 247 The Stoicks are so far Cater-Cousins to these Philosophers, that they confine the Summum Bonum to Vertue. 1857 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. II. 57 A Lay Rector,—a lay Abbot's cater-cousin, at the present day. 1876 R. Browning Pacchiarotto & Other Poems 52 Proving you were cater-cousins, kith and kindred, king and you! Derivatives cater-cousinship n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > person on terms of cousinship > relationship of cater-cousins cater-cousinship1870 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 102 There is something nearer than cater-cousinship in a certain impetuous audacity of temper common to them both. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.c1547
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