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Meaning of cross-sibling | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. An opposite-sex sibling or parallel cousin.
  2. The half-sibling of one's half-sibling; a person with whom one shares a half-sibling, but no parents.
    neologism

Examples

“Ifaluk society even forbids smoking in the presence of one's cross-siblings, because it involves movements and gestures with sexual connotations.”
“As cross-siblings we're not in any way bound to each other; our relationship is optional, we don't have to get on – we just do.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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