sibness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

sib +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

sibness (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Kinship.
    • 1821, Ralph Erskine, The Sermons, and Other Practical Works, volume 5, page 414:
      […] and bone of your bone, and flesh of your flesh, by virtue of the natural sibness between him and you; […]
    • 1926, Hugh MacDiarmid, A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle:
      Sibness to snakes
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