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grandniece

noun

Etymology

From grand- + niece.

  1. derived from *néptih₂✻
  2. derived from neptis
  3. derived from neptia
  4. derived from nece
  5. derived from nece
  6. prefixed as grandniece — “grand + niece”

Definitions

  1. A granddaughter of one's sibling

    A granddaughter of one's sibling; a daughter of one's nephew or niece. (Brother's granddaughter: fraternal grandniece. Sister's granddaughter: sororal grandniece.)

    • Then come […] the Duchess’s grandnieces Zwile and her little sister Gloria.

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No curated loop yet for grandniece. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA