sib

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noun

: kindred, relatives

: a blood relation : kinsman

: a brother or sister considered irrespective of sex

broadly : any plant or animal of a group sharing a degree of genetic relationship corresponding to that of human sibs

: a group of persons unilaterally descended from a real or supposed ancestor

Example Sentences

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Noun

The oldest Webster sib is seen hanging with her grandmomager, Kris Jenner, as well as her Auntie Khloé as the women travel via private jet to New York 36 hours before the Most Important Monday in May. —

Sam Reed, Glamour, 5 May 2022 But the sib just wants to avoid blowing this up and complicating things for the sister. —

Carolyn Hax, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2019 But the sib just wants to avoid blowing this up and complicating things for the sister. —

Carolyn Hax, oregonlive.com, 31 July 2019 A few months later, her famous sib Kim Kardashian stepped out in what was basically a transparent shift dress sandwiched between a jacket and briefs. —

Krystin Arneson, Glamour, 12 May 2018 See More

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Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Middle English, from Old English sibb, from sibb kinship; akin to Old High German sippa kinship, family, Latin sodalis comrade, Greek ēthos custom, character, Latin suus one's own — more at suicide

First Known Use

Adjective

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler

The first known use of sib was before the 12th century

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