cousiny

English

Etymology

cousin +‎ -y

Adjective

cousiny (comparative more cousiny, superlative most cousiny)

  1. (informal, rare) Resembling or characteristic of cousins.
    • 1994, John Berendt, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil:
      "We're a very cousiny people," Mary Harty told me. "One must tread very lightly here: Everyone is kin to everyone else."
    • 2018, Doreen Kerry, Pathway to the Moon:
      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.
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