consanguinity

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Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
24
Letters
13
Pronunciation
/kɒnsaŋˈɡwɪnɪti/
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/kɒnsaŋˈɡwɪnɪti/ · /kɒnsaŋˈɡwɪnəti/ · /kɑnsæŋˈɡwɪnɪti/ · /kɑnsæŋˈɡwɪnəti/

Definition of consanguinity

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A consanguineous or family relationship through parentage or descent. A blood relationship.
    “1776, United States Declaration of Independence They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity.”
    “At Isabella's earnest request, he took both her and the child on board, for the single hour which remained to the voyagers, to the satisfaction of all parties, and it seemed as if the long-drooping flower had already revived beneath the genial smile of consanguinity, and the very tears she had shed were sweet and grateful, refreshing the bosom moved so tenderly.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A consanguineous or family relationship through parentage or descent. A blood relationship.
    “1776, United States Declaration of Independence They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity.”
    “At Isabella's earnest request, he took both her and the child on board, for the single hour which remained to the voyagers, to the satisfaction of all parties, and it seemed as if the long-drooping flower had already revived beneath the genial smile of consanguinity, and the very tears she had shed were sweet and grateful, refreshing the bosom moved so tenderly.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)Inbreeding
    “The Mongrel Virginians was similar to other eugenic family studies in its method and mode of argumentation, but its intensive focus on "race mixing," rather than consanguinity, represents a marked departure from the previous studies.”

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Etymology

From Middle English consanguinytee, consanguinite, consanguinyte, from Old French consanguinité and Latin cōnsanguinitātem, accusative of Latin cōnsanguinitās, from cōnsanguineus, from Latin com- (“together”) + sanguineus (“of or pertaining to blood”), from Latin sanguis (“blood”).

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