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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread avuncular #40369 08/31/01 10:29 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 1 S Sena OP stranger OP Sena stranger S 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 Re: avuncular #40370 08/31/01 10:40 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W 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 Re: materternal #40371 08/31/01 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 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 Topics13,913 Posts229,322 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 585 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 25 A C Bowden 13 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,535 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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