consanguine

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    related by blood

Word Origin

consanguine (adj.)
c. 1600, from French consanguin (14c.), from Latin consanguineus "of the same blood" (see consanguinity).

Example

1. The consanguine family is extinct .
2. As intermarriage in the gens was prohibited , it withdrew its members from the evils of consanguine marriages .

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