sibness

English

Etymology

sib +‎ -ness

Noun

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