Meanings
adjectivecousiny (comparative more cousiny, superlative most cousiny)
comparative more cousiny · superlative most cousiny
- informalrareResembling or characteristic of cousins.
"We're a very cousiny people," Mary Harty told me. "One must tread very lightly here: Everyone is kin to everyone else."
1994, John Berendt, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil1 more example
Besides, I have a Rhett on standby who may live beyond my own backyard, but I know he will always be there to support and comfort me if only in a cousiny sort of way.
2018, Doreen Kerry, Pathway to the Moon
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