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Consanguineous

//kɒnsaŋˈɡwɪni.əs// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor. not-comparable

    "Am not I consanguineous? am I not of her blood?"

Adjective
  1. 1
    related by blood wordnet

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin consanguineus (with English -ous), from con- (“together”) + sanguineus (“of or pertaining to blood”), from sanguis (“blood”). Equivalent to con- + sanguineous.

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