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Dec. 24, 2014
Word of the Day

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\kon-sang-GWIN-i-tee\
noun
1. close relationship or connection.
2. relationship by descent from a common ancestor; kinship (distinguished from affinity).
Quotes
But though these two were in Consanguinity so nearly related, they were in their Dispositions almost the opposites to each other.
-- Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, 1749
Origin
Consanguinity came to English in the 1300s. It is derived from Latin word sanguis meaning "blood."
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