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語源

Either inherited from Anglian 古期英語 ġesibness or formed anew from sib (“related”) +‎ -nesse (“-ness”). First attested after 1250.

発音

• IPA: /ˈsibˌnɛs(ə)/

名詞

sibnesse (uncountable) (chiefly West Midland, uncommon)

1. Kinship, the state of being related (by blood)
2. (rare) One's relations or kin; the members of one's family.

派生した語

• >? Middle Scots: sibnes (or formed anew)
  • Scots: sibness
    • → English: sibness (rare)

参照

• “sibnes(se, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “sibness, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.