单词 | full cousin |
释义 | > as lemmasfull cousin full cousin n. a child of the brother or sister of either of one's parents, a first cousin; (in later use spec.) a child of the full brother or sister of either of one's parents, a cousin with whom one has two grandparents in common; also figurative. ΚΠ 1663 C. Hoole tr. Terence Andria iv. vi, in Six Comedies 70 Is not this Crito, Chrysis her full cosin [L. sobrinus]? 1787 A. Kincaid Hist. Edinb. App. i. 238 The lady to whom he was married was his full cousin. 1883 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 1 Feb. 4/5 A newspaper man in Richmond has been found to be a full cousin of Oscar Wilde. 2004 L. L. Cavalli-Sforza et al. Consanguinuity, Inbreeding, & Genetic Drift in Italy i. 9 The case of half-cousins (descending from only one common ancestor) is less frequent than the normal case of full cousins. < as lemmas |
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