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cousiny en · ADJ

Etymology

From cousin + -y.

Meanings

1. (informal, rare) Resembling or characteristic of cousins.
   • "We're a very cousiny people," Mary Harty told me. "One must tread very lightly here: Everyone is kin to everyone else." 1994, John Berendt, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil:
   • Besides, I have a Rhett on standby who may live beyond my own backyard, but I know he will always be there to support and comfort me if only in a cousiny sort of way. 2018, Doreen Kerry, Pathway to the Moon:

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