avuncularadj.

/əˈvʌŋkjʊlə/

Etymology: < Latin avunculus maternal uncle, diminutive of avus grandfather + -ar suffix¹.

a. Of, belonging to, or resembling, an uncle.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > uncle > [adjective]

avuncular1831

uncular1847

uncle-ish1850

1831 W. S. Landor Fra Rupert in Wks. (1846) II. 571 Love..Paternal or avuncular.

1853 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1854) I. v. 50 Clive, in the avuncular gig, is driven over the downs.

b. (humorously) Of a pawnbroker: see uncle n. Also absol.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [adjective] > relating to pawnbroking > characteristic of pawnbroker

avuncular1832

1832 Fraser's Mag. 5 85 My only good suit is at present under the avuncular protection.

1859 G. A. Sala Gaslight & Daylight iii. 37 If you enter one of these pawnshops..you will observe these peculiarities in the internal economy of the avuncular life.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 404 Avuncular's got my timepiece.

Derivatives

aˈvuncularism n. jocular recourse to a pawnbroker.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > [noun] > act of pawning

pignoration1549

limbo1590

pawning1592

impignoration1598

pawnage1624

pop1819

pawn1824

avuncularism1859

mosking1902

1859 D. G. Rossetti Let. 15 Feb. (1965) I. 348 I have only been saved from further ‘avuncularism’ by a visit of old Plint, who has bought two..drawings.

avuncuˈlarity n. the state of being an uncle.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > uncle > [noun] > condition of uncle

uncleship1741

patruity1844

unclehood1846

avuncularity1937

1937 A. L. Rowse Sir Richard Grenville ii. 28 The pleasures of avuncularity.

aˈvuncularly adv. in the manner of an uncle.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > uncle > [adverb]

avuncularly1957

1957 Economist 7 Sept. 824/1 The classical picture here is of Lord Woolton avuncularly presiding over the rapidly growing Young Conservatives.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	avuncular
释义	avuncularadj. /əˈvʌŋkjʊlə/ Etymology: < Latin avunculus maternal uncle, diminutive of avus grandfather + -ar suffix¹. a. Of, belonging to, or resembling, an uncle. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > uncle > [adjective] avuncular1831 uncular1847 uncle-ish1850 1831 W. S. Landor Fra Rupert in Wks. (1846) II. 571 Love..Paternal or avuncular. 1853 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1854) I. v. 50 Clive, in the avuncular gig, is driven over the downs. b. (humorously) Of a pawnbroker: see uncle n. Also absol. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [adjective] > relating to pawnbroking > characteristic of pawnbroker avuncular1832 1832 Fraser's Mag. 5 85 My only good suit is at present under the avuncular protection. 1859 G. A. Sala Gaslight & Daylight iii. 37 If you enter one of these pawnshops..you will observe these peculiarities in the internal economy of the avuncular life. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 404 Avuncular's got my timepiece. Derivatives aˈvuncularism n. jocular recourse to a pawnbroker. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > [noun] > act of pawning pignoration1549 limbo1590 pawning1592 impignoration1598 pawnage1624 pop1819 pawn1824 avuncularism1859 mosking1902 1859 D. G. Rossetti Let. 15 Feb. (1965) I. 348 I have only been saved from further ‘avuncularism’ by a visit of old Plint, who has bought two..drawings. avuncuˈlarity n. the state of being an uncle. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > uncle > [noun] > condition of uncle uncleship1741 patruity1844 unclehood1846 avuncularity1937 1937 A. L. Rowse Sir Richard Grenville ii. 28 The pleasures of avuncularity. aˈvuncularly adv. in the manner of an uncle. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > uncle > [adverb] avuncularly1957 1957 Economist 7 Sept. 824/1 The classical picture here is of Lord Woolton avuncularly presiding over the rapidly growing Young Conservatives. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1831
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