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akin

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4 lettersPronunciation /əˈkɪn/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aiknStarts with AEnds with N1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. 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?

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