a. [f. L. consanguine-us of the same blood (f. con- + sanguis, sanguin- blood) + -OUS.]
1. Of the same blood, related by blood, akin; of or pertaining to those so related.
1601. Shaks., Twel. N., II. iii. 82. Am not I consanguinious? Am I not of her blood: tilly vally.
1656. S. Holland, Zara (1719), 89. Not like Aliens, but as having consanguineous Alliance.
1781. Mrs. Thrale, in Mad. D’Arblay’s Diary & Lett., II. 109. Of this consanguineous fondness I have had little experience myself.
1871. Darwin, Desc. Man, II. xxi. 403. A plan for ascertaining … whether or not consanguineous marriages are injurious to man.
fig. 1827. Bentham, Ration. Evidence, Wks. 1843, VI. 351. Consanguineous vices—vices that act in partnership.
2. Roman Law. = CONSANGUINEAN 2.
1861. Maine, Anc. Law, v. (1870), 152. In the Customs of Normandy, the rule applies to uterine brothers only … [In] England, the judges … extended it to consanguineous brothers, that is to sons of the same father by different wives.
Consanguineously adv., by common blood.
1886. H. Hall, Soc. Eliz. Age, 95. Half of the illustrious courtiers of the day … were related to Elizabeth consanguineously.
