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Today's Word "avuncular"

Of or pertaining to an uncle on

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avuncular \uh-VUHNG-kyuh-luhr\ (adjective) - 1 : Of or pertaining to an uncle. 2 : Resembling an uncle, especially in kindness or indulgence.

"Both uncle Frank and uncle Stephen Austen had made it a point of principle to be rigorously unsentimental in the discharge of their avuncular obligations." -- David Nokes, 'Jane Austen: A Life'

 

Avuncular comes from Latin avunculus, "maternal uncle."


 

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