consanguineous
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Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin consanguineus (with English -ous), from con- (“together”) + sanguineus (“of or pertaining to blood”), from sanguis (“blood”). Equivalent to con- + sanguineous.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɒnsaŋˈɡwɪni.əs/, /kɒnsaŋˈɡwɪnjəs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kɑnsæŋˈɡwɪni.əs/, /kɑnsæŋˈɡwɪnjəs/
Adjective[edit]
consanguineous (not comparable)
- Related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor.
- Synonyms: consanguine, consanguineal, same-blooded
- Antonym: affinal
- c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- Am not I consanguineous? am I not of her blood?
- 2002, B. Modell and A. Darr, "Science and society: genetic counselling and customary consanguineous marriage," Nature Reviews: Genetics, vol 3. no. 3 (Mar.), p. 225,
- Consanguineous marriage is customary in many societies, but leads to an increased birth prevalence of infants with severe recessive disorders.
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Further reading[edit]
- “consanguineous”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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