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grandpaternal, a. Somewhat jocular.|ˌgrændpəˈtɜːnəl|
[f. grand a. + paternal a.]
Of or befitting a grandfather; grandfatherly.
1844Mrs. Browning Let. 20 Feb. in Lett. R. H. Horne (1877) I. xxxviii. 245 You give me grand-paternal advice sometimes. 1884E. Yates Recoll. I. ii. 40 The finances of the grand-paternal establishment. |