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sibber

sibber is the comparative form of sib.

Meaning of sib

Adjective

sib (comparative sibber, superlative sibbest)

  1. Having kinship or relationship; related by same-bloodedness; kindred.
    • […] they are sibber to you than ever Miss Innes was or will be; and if like to bid me, […]1871 [reprinted 2023], Ellen Ross, The Wreck of the White Bear: Vol. 1, page 207
  2. Akin (to); similar (to).
    • […] we are so much the sibber to Christ that we suffer; […]1637 July 6, Letter CLIV to William Glendinning [from Samuel Rutherford in Aberdeen], published in 1821, Joshua Redivivus; Or, Three Hundred and Fifty Two Religious Letters ... To which is Prefixed a...

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Questions about sibber

What is sibber the comparative form of?
Sibber is the comparative form of sib.

Words near sibber in the dictionary

  1. Sibambe
  2. Sibbald
  3. Sibbald's rorqual
  4. sibbed
  5. sibbens
  6. sibber
  7. sibberidge
  8. sibbest
  9. sibbing
  10. sibcest
  11. Sibe

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