consanguineous

[ kon-sang-gwin-ee-uhs ]

/ ˌkɒn sæŋˈgwɪn i əs /

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adjective

having the same ancestry or descent; related by blood.

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Also con·san·guine

[kon-sang-gwin], /kɒnˈsæŋ gwɪn/, con·san·guin·e·al.

Origin of consanguineous

First recorded in 1595–1605; from Latin consanguineus “related by blood, kindred; blood relation, kinsman,” equivalent to con- + sanguin- (stem of sanguis) “blood” + -eus adjective suffix. Consanguineous first occurs in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (1602), and Shakespeare may have introduced the word into English. See con-, -eous

OTHER WORDS FROM consanguineous

con·san·guin·e·ous·ly, adverb

Words nearby consanguineous

Conrad, Joseph, Conrail, con rod, Conroe, cons., consanguineous, consanguinity, consarned, conscience, conscience clause, conscience money

How to use consanguineous in a sentence

Whither Mollendorf went next, we will not ask: perhaps to Brunswick and other consanguineous places?
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XV. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle
Who is to say which John begat this lad or that lass, and therefore to decide who are consanguineous, and who are not?
Pabo, The Priest|Sabine Baring-Gould
Now this accentuation of all family characters is what must always happen in the case of consanguineous marriages.
Degeneracy|Eugene S. Talbot
So that the percentage of marriages ordinarily considered consanguineous is probably between two, and two and a half.
Consanguineous Marriages in the American Population|George B. Louis Arner

Consanguineous marriages have been very frequent, until now nearly all are more or less interrelated.
Consanguineous Marriages in the American Population|George B. Louis Arner