Today's word: consanguinate (v.) to sympathise, to have an affinity with or fondness for.

I found several words from the same root, but not this exact one in my online searches. Most of them have to do with some sort of blood relationship (sanguis), however according to my book, although originally rooted in that term, this word was used in the seventeenth century simply to indicate a close feeling.

My much-treasured Christmas present for 2017 is a book by Paul Anthony Jones: "The cabinet of linguistic curiosities". Each page contains a descriptive story about some obscure or archaic word. It occurred to me it would be a fun exercise to try and write, each day, a poem featuring the "word of the day" from the book.

Thanks for reading.

This follows the rhyme form of a limerick, and syllable count, at least in the longer lines. However, it's in iambic meter, and limericks are usually anapestic. So it's just "limerick-like" in some regards. I don't know if it has a name.

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