cousiny

English

Etymology

From 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.