Definitions
Related by blood, character, or similarity.
Word origin
From a corruption of of kin, from Middle English of kyn (“related, of kin”), equivalent to a- + kin (1550s). Compare Old English cyn, cynn (“akin, proper, suitable”, adj.).
Used in a sentence
“[W]e are too near a kin to lye together, tho' vve may Lodge near one another; […]”
“The faces changed, passing in rotation. Youthful faces, bearded faces, dark faces: faces serene, or faces moody, but all akin with the brotherhood of the sea.”
“Is not then Fruition near akin to Love?”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Similar by nature”4 letters
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