Noun
They are her distant kin.
invited all of his kith and kin to his graduation party
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
What reasons are there to keep watching a show about people destroying their own kin, beyond my affection for Thrones’ better years?—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 16 June 2024 This includes everything from the bacteria in our bellies to the trees that breathe life into our atmosphere, affirming that all forms of life are our kin.—Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 14 June 2024
Adjective
Bennett’s musings have an ethical component: if a nuisance tree, or a dead tree, or a dead rat is my kin, then everything is kin—even a piece of trash.—Morgan Meis, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023 The Oscar winners have been friends for half a century and their kin span generations.—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023 See all Example Sentences for kin
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Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Old English cynn; akin to Old High German chunni race, Latin genus birth, race, kind, Greek genos, Latin gignere to beget, Greek gignesthai to be born
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