next of kinn.

Brit.

/ˌnɛkst əv ˈkɪn/, U.S.

/ˌnɛkst əv ˈkɪn/

Forms: see next n., of prep., and kin n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: next n., of prep., kin n.¹

Etymology: < next n. + of prep. + kin n.¹

A person's closest (living) relative or relatives (frequently in legal contexts). Also figurative and in extended use.

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a1425 (a1382) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) Deut. xix. 6 He that smytith his neiȝbore vnwitynge..shal fleeȝ and lyue, lest perauenture the next of kyn [a1425 L.V. next kynesman; L. proximus] of hym..pursue and take hym.

1562 J. Heywood Three Hundred Epigrammes (new ed.) xcviii. in Wks. sig. Siij The deuill is dead, who shall his land rightly win, Thou, for thou by condishin, art next of kin.

1600 R. Chambers Palestina 128 Were it not a law among the Iewes, that the widow of the one brother should marry with the other, or the next of kin, if she had no children by the first.

1688 A. Behn Discov. New Worlds Pref. sig. A4^v Not only the Phrase, but the Accent of both do very much agree, the Spanish is next of kin to the English.

1744 A. Pope Last Will 15 All the Residue and Remainder to be considered as undisposed of, and to go to my next of Kin.

a1770 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) IV. ii. 13 As for lying which is next of kin to perjury.

1778–9 T. Jefferson in Public Papers (1984) 352 One half of the lands and goods of the offender shall be forfeited to the next of kin to the person killed.

1846 J. Hall Wilderness & War Path 87 If the heir be deficient in moral or physical qualifications, he is passed over, and the next of kin after him is selected.

1870 Nature 9 June 106/1 Lepidosiren..has been just shown to be, if not the modern representative of the cycliferous Crossopterygidae yet their ‘next of kin’.

1909 Man 9 8 The next-of-kin of the man whose death was being revenged made a considerable present..to the victim's captor.

1987 M. Dorris Yellow Raft in Blue Water (1988) i. 15 After all those damn State Farm payments it sure isn't going to be Elgin who collects as next of kin.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

P3. next (†nearest) of kin, most closely related; chiefly absol. the person (or persons) standing in the nearest degree of blood-relationship to another, and entitled to share in his personal estate in case of intestacy.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > [noun] > close relative > next of kin

next friendeOE

cousinc1425

next (nearest) of kin1548

1426 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 76 My brethren and my sustren and next of my kyn.

1540 Sc. Acts Jas. V, c. 40 (1814) II. 377/2 Þe nearest of þe kin to succeid to þaim sall haue þair gudis.]

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. ciiij^v The next of kynne to the lord Cawny chalenged the enheritaunce.

c1600 K. Leir in Percy's Reliques Being dead, their crowns they left Unto the next of kin.

1695 Sc. Acts Will. III c. 72 In the Case of a moveable Estate left by a defunct, and falling to his nearest of kin.

1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 501 Till process hath first issued to call in the widow, or next of kin, to contest it.

1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 65 For the next of kin it was argued, that the estate was to be sold out and out.

1881 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 198/1 The next of kin must be ascertained according to the rules of consanguinity.

figurative.a1770 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) IV. ii. 13 As for lying which is next of kin to perjury.

单词	next of kin
释义	next of kinn. Brit. /ˌnɛkst əv ˈkɪn/, U.S. /ˌnɛkst əv ˈkɪn/ Forms: see next n., of prep., and kin n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: next n., of prep., kin n.¹ Etymology: < next n. + of prep. + kin n.¹ A person's closest (living) relative or relatives (frequently in legal contexts). Also figurative and in extended use. ΚΠ a1425 (a1382) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) Deut. xix. 6 He that smytith his neiȝbore vnwitynge..shal fleeȝ and lyue, lest perauenture the next of kyn [a1425 L.V. next kynesman; L. proximus] of hym..pursue and take hym. 1562 J. Heywood Three Hundred Epigrammes (new ed.) xcviii. in Wks. sig. Siij The deuill is dead, who shall his land rightly win, Thou, for thou by condishin, art next of kin. 1600 R. Chambers Palestina 128 Were it not a law among the Iewes, that the widow of the one brother should marry with the other, or the next of kin, if she had no children by the first. 1688 A. Behn Discov. New Worlds Pref. sig. A4^v Not only the Phrase, but the Accent of both do very much agree, the Spanish is next of kin to the English. 1744 A. Pope Last Will 15 All the Residue and Remainder to be considered as undisposed of, and to go to my next of Kin. a1770 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) IV. ii. 13 As for lying which is next of kin to perjury. 1778–9 T. Jefferson in Public Papers (1984) 352 One half of the lands and goods of the offender shall be forfeited to the next of kin to the person killed. 1846 J. Hall Wilderness & War Path 87 If the heir be deficient in moral or physical qualifications, he is passed over, and the next of kin after him is selected. 1870 Nature 9 June 106/1 Lepidosiren..has been just shown to be, if not the modern representative of the cycliferous Crossopterygidae yet their ‘next of kin’. 1909 Man 9 8 The next-of-kin of the man whose death was being revenged made a considerable present..to the victim's captor. 1987 M. Dorris Yellow Raft in Blue Water (1988) i. 15 After all those damn State Farm payments it sure isn't going to be Elgin who collects as next of kin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas next (†nearest) of kin P3. next (†nearest) of kin, most closely related; chiefly absol. the person (or persons) standing in the nearest degree of blood-relationship to another, and entitled to share in his personal estate in case of intestacy. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > [noun] > close relative > next of kin next friendeOE cousinc1425 next (nearest) of kin1548 1426 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 76 My brethren and my sustren and next of my kyn. 1540 Sc. Acts Jas. V, c. 40 (1814) II. 377/2 Þe nearest of þe kin to succeid to þaim sall haue þair gudis.] 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. ciiij^v The next of kynne to the lord Cawny chalenged the enheritaunce. c1600 K. Leir in Percy's Reliques Being dead, their crowns they left Unto the next of kin. 1695 Sc. Acts Will. III c. 72 In the Case of a moveable Estate left by a defunct, and falling to his nearest of kin. 1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 501 Till process hath first issued to call in the widow, or next of kin, to contest it. 1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 65 For the next of kin it was argued, that the estate was to be sold out and out. 1881 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 198/1 The next of kin must be ascertained according to the rules of consanguinity. figurative.a1770 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) IV. ii. 13 As for lying which is next of kin to perjury. extracted from kinn.¹ < n.a1425 as lemmas
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