单词 | cousin-in-law |
释义 | cousin-in-lawn. The husband or wife of one's cousin, or the cousin of one's husband or wife. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > cousin > [noun] > cousin's wife or husband cousin-in-lawc1330 c1330 Otuel (Auch.) (1882) l. 1349 Otuwel, his cosin in lawe, Hadde king clarel i-slawe. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. v. 25 Grandfather to the Cousin in law of the eldest Sister of the Aunt of the Son in law of the Uncle of the good daughter of his Stepmother. 1792 ‘C. Chantor’ Mod. Independent Whig iii. 59 John O'Nokes..And 's cousin in law, nam'd Peter Stiles. 1890 H. Dunckley Ld. Melbourne 78 The lady suggested was Lady Caroline's cousin-in-law. 1957 Observer 7 Apr. 15/2 What might have been the basis of their futures..is gambled away on the Stock Exchange by a smart operating cousin-in-law. 2016 Daily Gleaner (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 15 Jan. c4 I invited my cousins over to the house for Thanksgiving. One of them invited a cousin-in-law I had never met. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1330 |
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