consanguineous

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Adjective
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con=san=guin=e=ous

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective consanguineous has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

consanguineousa. [L. conguineus; con- + sanguis blood: cf. F. consanguin. See Sanquine.].
     Of the same blood; related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

consanguineous, adj. descended from the same ancestor; akin.

Derivative
consanguinity n.
Etymology
L consanguineus (as com-, sanguis -inis blood)

ROGET THESAURUS

consanguineous

Consanguinity

N consanguinity, relationship, kindred, blood, parentage, filiation, affiliation, lineage, agnation, connection, alliance, family connection, family tie, ties of blood, nepotism, kinsman, kinfolk, kith and kin, relation, relative, connection, sibling, sib, next of kin, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, cousin, cousin- german, first cousin, second cousin, cousin once removed, cousin twice removed, ear relation, distant relation, brother, sister, one's own flesh and blood, family, fraternity, brotherhood, sisterhood, cousinhood, race, stock, generation, sept, stirps, side, strain, breed, clan, tribe, nation, related, akin, consanguineous, of the blood, family, allied, collateral, cognate, agnate, connate, kindred, affiliated, fraternal, intimately related, nearly related, closely related, remotely related, distantly related, allied, german.


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