"cousinliness" meaning in English

See cousinliness in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From cousinly + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cousinly|ness}} cousinly + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} cousinliness (uncountable)
  1. The quality of being cousinly. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-cousinliness-en-noun-GR876WwS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

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          "ref": "1897 May 4, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, edited by Mary A. Hill, A Journey from Within: The Love Letters of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1897-1900, Lewisburg, Pa.: Bucknell University Press; London: Associated University Presses, published 1995, page 195",
          "text": "Now perhaps you will understand why, feeling this exuberance of joy and loving kindness as I mostly do, and your defenceless head having popped up within my range of late, I shower so much affection on you—quite passing the mild limits of cousinliness.",
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