单词 | cousin-german |
释义 | cousin-germann. Now archaic. 1. A child of a full brother or sister of either of one's parents; a first cousin. Cf. cousin n. 1b. Cf. germane cousin at germane adj. 1.In later use often in historical, legal, or technical contexts.Quot. c1380 probably shows tmesis of the compound for metrical reasons, although it could alternatively be interpreted as contextual use of germane (see germane adj. 1). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > cousin > [noun] gadlingeOE cousinc1300 cousin-germanc1380 coz1563 coz-german1635 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2830 Cosyn al-so y am Germayn to Roland. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Melibeus (Hengwrt) (2003) §400 Ye ne han bretheren ne cosyns germayns, ne noon oother ney kynrede. a1425 (?c1350) Ywain & Gawain (1964) l. 458 Þou ert my cosyn iermayne. c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1897) 12 136 It was his cosyn german, Pollides. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. viii. f. 80 Shee..and the kynge of Portugale, were cosyn germaynes of two systers. 1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions iv. v. 434 Whether the marriage of Cousens-germans that is, of Brothers or sisters children, be lawfull. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 138. ⁋2 A Cousin-German of mine and I were at the Bear in Holbourn. 1826 R. Southey Lett. to C. Butler vi. 232 The marriage of cousin-germans..was allowed in the first ages of the church. 1927 Sc. Hist. Rev. 24 266 According to one genealogy this Walter and Malcolm III. were cousins german. 2000 Social Hist. 25 184 It was credibly reported that the girl was copulating, not with just one of the brothers, but with two of them, both her cousins-german. 2. figurative. A thing which (or occasionally person who) is closely related to or connected with another, on account of common ancestry, or similarities of nature, attributes, etc.; a near relative, a close connection. Cf. cousin n. 3. Now rare.In some early quots. (in predicative use and without article) passing into adjectival use. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > [noun] > that which is related or has affinity brotherOE cousina1398 relativea1475 sistera1500 cousin-germanc1547 yokefellow1547 ally1566 affinitive1579 twin1592 conjugate1605 sympathizant1620 relatist1640 first cousin1670 family likeness1759 family resemblance1785 c1547 H. Latimer Let. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 1351/2 So to bee naturall maye well seme to be cater cosen or cosen germane with (to be diabolicall). 1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 11 Poetrie & piping are Cosen germaines. 1638 W. Chillingworth Relig. Protestants i. ii. §67. 77 This to mee is extreamly improbable, and even cosen german to Impossible. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 75 Our Cousin-germans of Oxford will scarce give Credit hereunto. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 13. ¶1 The Lion was a Cousin-German of the Tyger who made his Appearance in King William's Days. 1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall (U.K. ed.) II. 85 I had been apt to confound them [sc. rooks] with their cousins-german, the crows. 2011 R. Fox Tribal Imagination xii. 335 If American cultural anthropology was a bastard child of German romantic nationalism, so..was Nazi Fascism, which is its immediate cousin. We could even say its ‘cousin-german’ but the pun might be too archaic. Phrases cousin-german once removed (formerly also †cousin-german removed): a child of one's first cousin, or a first cousin of either of one's parents; = first cousin once removed at first cousin n. Phrases. Cf. removed adj. 2a, once removed at once adv. 7. Now rare. [Compare Middle French, French cousin germain remué de germain (late 14th cent.).] ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > cousin > [noun] > child of first cousin cousin-german once removeda1513 second cousin1603 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxviii. f. cxxxviiv Seynt Edwarde and this duke Wyllyam were by the Fathers syde cosen Iarmaynes Remoued. 1667 Duchess of Newcastle Life Duke of Newcastle ii. 95 The now Earl of Devonshire, his Cousin German, once removed, lent him 1000 l. 1763 I. Bickerstaff Love in Village iii. x. 74 His mother and I are cousin-germans once removed. 1873 W. J. Thoms Human Longevity vii. 100 Her husband was..a grandson of her great grandfather James the seventh Earl, so that they were cousins german once removed. 1974 Musical Times 115 839/1 The relation of the Mainz composer to the Berlin painter was (aptly enough) that of cousin-german once removed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1380 |
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