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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread avuncular #40369 08/31/2001 10:29 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 1 Sena stranger Sena stranger Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 1 I'm told that this word refers (or referred) specifically to the maternal uncle. Does anyone know of words denoting the maternal aunt, or the paternal aunt and uncle? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: avuncular #40370 08/31/2001 10:40 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 here's a URL with some of the information you want. You have to scroll down a ways. http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/fugitives/likeanaunt.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: materternal #40371 08/31/2001 11:51 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass well, back in those heady Word Fugitive days, I didn't have access to OED; here's what it says regarding 'materteral' a. humorously pedantic. [f. L. mQtertera maternal aunt.] Characteristic of an aunt. So ma"terterine a. just as avuncular is used now generally for characteristic of an uncle.... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,429 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 17 A C Bowden 7 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,244 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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