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nuncle
variant of uncle with transferred n (see N 3 b). Now dial. (Cf. nunky and nunc, nunk, nunks.)
c1589Theses Martinianæ 2 To my nunckle Canturburie. 1599Porter Angry Wom. Abingd. (Percy Soc.) 132, I should be glad To haue myselfe called nunckle, and thou dad. 1605Shakes. Lear i. iv. 170 Nuncle, giue me an egge. 1663Dryden Wild Gallant iii. i, Alas, alas, poor nuncle! 1710Brit. Apollo No. 89. 3/2 Why Nuncle Hermes, this is very odd. 1760Foote Minor ii. Wks. 1799 I. 252 Oh, a proof of my respect, dear nuncle. 1838–in Eng. Dial. Dict.
Hence † ˈnuncle v. Obs. rare—1.
a1676Roxb. Ball. (1895) VIII. 203 She still'd her mother's tongue,..Nuncl'd her Mam. |