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cousinless

cousinless adjective: without a cousin.

Adjective

cousinless (not comparable)

  1. Without a cousin.
    • It was very pleasant to find a young, bright, slim, rose-colored kinswoman all ready to recognize consanguinity when one came back from cousinless foreign lands.1889, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 64, page 543

Origin of cousinless

From cousin + -less.

Questions about cousinless

What does cousinless mean?
Cousinless means without a cousin.
What part of speech is cousinless?
Cousinless is an adjective.

Words near cousinless in the dictionary

  1. cousinfuckers
  2. cousinfucking
  3. cousinhood
  4. cousinhoods
  5. cousining
  6. cousinless
  7. cousinliness
  8. cousinly
  9. Cousino
  10. Cousinos
  11. cousinries

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