† nepoten.
Scottish. Obsolete.
1. A nephew.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > nephew or niece > [noun] > nephew
gadlingeOE
neveeOE
nephewc1325
niecea1382
nea1387
sisterc1390
nepote1519
neposa1600
Welsh nephew1799
nevvy1819
neef1838
nefie1951
1519 in C. Innes & P. Chalmers Liber S. Thome de Aberbrothoc (1856) II. 427 James Commendator of Arbroth lets..to his cowsyng and nepot Jhone of Betown..the teindsheaves of the kirk of Dunbog.
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. iii. xix. 26 Þe pride of his nepote [L. fratris filii] Appius Claudius.
1569 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 2 Nepote and heyre to the Erll of Montroise.
c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1920) I. 53 The nepot or oy gottin on the kingis sone salbe preferred to the Nepot or oy gottin on the kingis dochter.
1792 G. White Jrnl. 27 Oct. (1970) xxv. 418 On this day Mrs S. Barker was brought to bed of a boy, who advances my nepotes to the..compleat number of 60.
1889 R. Brydall Art in Scotl. ix. 158 Any other than a nepote of the Holy Father.
2. A grandson.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandchild > [noun] > grandson
neveeOE
daughter sonOE
nephewc1325
nepotea1525
little son1570
grandson1573
neposa1600
petty-son1611
grandboy1837
a1525 Brevis Cronica in D. Laing Andrew of Wyntoun's Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (1879) III. 331 Makbeith, nepote to King Malcome the thride, usurpit the crown.
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. i. xiii. 73 This Ancus was nepote to Numa pompilius, gottin on his dochter.
a1586 R. Maitland Hist. House of Seytoun (1829) iv Malcolme the madin, nepot to David.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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