grandnephew

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From grand- + nephew.

For Marius, read Théodule.” A grandnephew is almost the same as a grandson; in default of a lawyer one takes a lancer. — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
He would seize a handful of grapes and sawdust or three or four American apples and thrust them generously into his grandnephew’s hand while the shopman smiled uneasily; and, on Stephen’s feigning reluctance to take them, he would frown and say: —Take them, sir. — A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce

great-nephew

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