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Oct 30, 2024
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Table of Consanguinity
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with Anu Gargconsanguinity
PRONUNCIATION:
MEANING:
noun: 1. A relationship by blood or by a common ancestor. 2. A close connection or kinship. ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin consanguineus, from con- (with) + sanguis (blood). Earliest
documented use: 1380.
NOTES:
The counterpart of consanguinity is affinity, which refers to
a relationship formed through marriage rather than by blood.
USAGE:
“The musical consanguinity of the guitarist and pianist [Metheny/Mehldau]
is undeniable. It’s also, paradoxically, something which enables each
to remain emphatically individual, and a key to why their duo work is
so unforgettable; they can enter each other’s musical world and cast
light on it from a different perspective.” Jazz; Irish Times (Dublin); Nov 3, 2006. See more usage examples of consanguinity in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with
power to endanger the public liberty. -John Adams, 2nd US president (30 Oct
1735-1826)
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