great-auntn.

Brit.

/ˌɡreɪtˈɑːnt/,

/ˌɡreɪtˈant/, U.S.

/ˌɡreɪdˈænt/,

/ˌɡreɪdˈɑnt/

Forms: see great adj., n., adv., and int. and aunt n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: great adj., aunt n.

Etymology: < great adj. + aunt n. Compare earlier great-uncle n. at great adj., n., adv., and int. Compounds 1d(a).

A father's or mother's aunt.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > aunt > [noun] > great- or grand-aunt

great-aunt1525

grand-aunt1675

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. f. lxxvii/2 He..determyned to take his leue of his grete aunte the duches of Brabant.

1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked lxxx. §752 Above these are, great-unkle and great-aunt by the father's side, [etc.].

1735 London Mag. Jan. 50/1 The old Woman was Aunt and Great Aunt to upwards of 1000 People.

1875 J. Lubbock Origin of Civilisation (ed. 3) iv. 188 When great-uncles and aunts are termed grandfathers and grandmothers.

1966 ‘M. Hunter’ Ghosts of Glencoe (1994) ii. 27 Great-Aunt Euphemia surveyed me over the salver of venison.

2011 Independent 7 Oct. (Arts & Bks. section) 30/6 Oh, how I long for those far-off days of the Georgian silver teapot and the cakestand for tea with great-aunts.

Derivatives

great-ˈaunthood n. rare the fact or state of being a great-aunt.

ΚΠ

1816 F. Burney Let. 6 Nov. in Jrnls. & Lett. (1982) IX. 274 Charlotte Barrett & she seem to view with each other which shall grant me the quickest, & the oftenest, the honours of Great Aunthood.

1991 L. Peavy in D. Abbott Mississippi Writers IV. 364 It is hard for me to think of my mother as a great aunt, though I realize great-aunthood was inevitable.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	great-aunt
释义	great-auntn. Brit. /ˌɡreɪtˈɑːnt/, /ˌɡreɪtˈant/, U.S. /ˌɡreɪdˈænt/, /ˌɡreɪdˈɑnt/ Forms: see great adj., n., adv., and int. and aunt n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: great adj., aunt n. Etymology: < great adj. + aunt n. Compare earlier great-uncle n. at great adj., n., adv., and int. Compounds 1d(a). A father's or mother's aunt. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > aunt > [noun] > great- or grand-aunt great-aunt1525 grand-aunt1675 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. f. lxxvii/2 He..determyned to take his leue of his grete aunte the duches of Brabant. 1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked lxxx. §752 Above these are, great-unkle and great-aunt by the father's side, [etc.]. 1735 London Mag. Jan. 50/1 The old Woman was Aunt and Great Aunt to upwards of 1000 People. 1875 J. Lubbock Origin of Civilisation (ed. 3) iv. 188 When great-uncles and aunts are termed grandfathers and grandmothers. 1966 ‘M. Hunter’ Ghosts of Glencoe (1994) ii. 27 Great-Aunt Euphemia surveyed me over the salver of venison. 2011 Independent 7 Oct. (Arts & Bks. section) 30/6 Oh, how I long for those far-off days of the Georgian silver teapot and the cakestand for tea with great-aunts. Derivatives great-ˈaunthood n. rare the fact or state of being a great-aunt. ΚΠ 1816 F. Burney Let. 6 Nov. in Jrnls. & Lett. (1982) IX. 274 Charlotte Barrett & she seem to view with each other which shall grant me the quickest, & the oftenest, the honours of Great Aunthood. 1991 L. Peavy in D. Abbott Mississippi Writers IV. 364 It is hard for me to think of my mother as a great aunt, though I realize great-aunthood was inevitable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1525
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