Friday, 8 April 2016

Affinal

Friday 8th April 2016

Affinal \ [a-fahyn-l, uh-fahyn-l, af-ahyn-l] 
adjective
1. related by or concerning marriage.

Quote
These eight kinds of virtuous conduct are filiality, brotherly love, cordiality with
agnatic kin, good relations with affinal kin, trustworthiness with friends, kindness
toward neighbours, loyalty to the ruler, and judiciousness in differentiating the right
from the profitable.
Anonymous, translated by David Tod Roy, The Plum in the Golden Vase; or, Chin P'ing Mei, 
Volume 3, 2006

Origin
Affinal shares a root with the word affinity in the Latin term affīnis meaning "a relative." 
It entered English around 1600.


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