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sibness

sibness noun: kinship.

Noun

sibness (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Kinship.
    • […] and bone of your bone, and flesh of your flesh, by virtue of the natural sibness between him and you; […]1821, Ralph Erskine, The Sermons, and Other Practical Works, volume 5, page 414
    • Sibness to snakes1926, Hugh MacDiarmid, A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle

Origin of sibness

From sib + -ness.

Questions about sibness

What does sibness mean?
Sibness means kinship.
What part of speech is sibness?
Sibness is a noun.

Words near sibness in the dictionary

  1. siblingships
  2. sibmate
  3. sibmated
  4. sibmates
  5. sibmating
  6. sibness
  7. sibo
  8. Siboga
  9. siboglinid
  10. siboglinids
  11. siboglonid

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