单词 | cousinhood |
释义 | cousinhoodn. 1. The state, condition, or fact of being a cousin; the relation of one cousin to another, or the relationship between cousins.Quot. c1465 appears to be an isolated early use. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > cousin > [noun] > condition of cousin cousinhoodc1465 cousinship1570 c1465 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 70 (MED) Cossyne..I be[se]che yow of yowre gode cossyne hode yn þe performyng off my husbondes dessyr. 1760 J. Cleland Romance of Day 36 She hugged herself greatly upon her exquisite cunning in the contrivance of that hacneyed excuse of cousin-hood. 1833 C. Lamb Wedding in Last Ess. Elia 197 I feel a sort of cousinhood, or uncleship, for the season. 1866 J. B. Lightfoot St. Paul's Epist. Galatians (ed. 2) 259 The cousinhood of these persons is represented as a cousinhood on the mothers' side. 1941 N. M. Gunn Silver Darlings vi. 106 Often these tacksmen traced kinship to a ruling chief or landlord through a mathematical system of cousinhood. 2011 Independent 1 Oct. (Mag.) 3/2 The Hef, a long-term supporter of the Democrats, was less than thrilled to be informed of his cousinhood to the black sheep of that family. 2. Cousins or relatives collectively; a body of cousins or relatives. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > relations or kindred > [noun] kinc825 sibOE kindredOE sibness?a1300 kindc1325 affinity1357 cousinagea1382 cognationc1384 kinhoodc1440 kinsfolkc1450 evenkina1500 relation1502 kindsfolk1555 folks1715 cousinhood1748 loved onea1756 parentage1768 concerns1818 belonging1842 cousinry1844 cousinship1865 kinspeople1866 kinfolk1873 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > cousin > [noun] > collectively cousinhood1748 cousinry1844 cousinship1865 1748 H. Walpole 2nd & 3rd Let. to Whigs 14 Would the Constitution be affected, if the whole Cousinhood were packed into Buckinghamshire again to make Verses upon Lap-Dogs, and lay out Elysian Fields for themselves and their Acquaintance! 1886 Liverpool Daily Post 9 Feb. 4/6 Royal houses..are fast becoming a kind of Coburg cousinhood. 1914 Times 14 July 14/1 The ancestor of a large cousinhood, including Nettlefolds, Oslers, and other households. 2007 Hist. Workshop Jrnl. Autumn 399 Thomas..belonged to a cousinhood occupying the upper echelons of British governance, scholarship, science and the arts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1465 |
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