nunkn.

Brit.

/nʌŋk/, U.S.

/nəŋk/

Forms: 1800s (1800s– English regional (Yorkshire)) nunc, 1800s– nunk, 1900s– nonc (U.S.).

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: nuncle n.

Etymology: Shortened < nuncle n. Compare nunka n., nunks n., nunky n.

colloquial. Chiefly British.

Uncle. Cf. nuncle n., nunky n.

ΘΚΠ

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

emeOE

unclec1300

nunclec1426

nunka1589

Unky?1790

nunky1796

nunk1822

oom1822

nunks1841

Unk1868

chacha1937

tito1969

1822 G. Colman Law of Java i. i. 4 ‘Expect, dear Nunk,’—Nunk again! ‘to see your affectionate nephew, Hans Gayvelt.’

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. ii. xvi. 311 His uncle, or ‘Nunc’, as Sir Hugo had taught him to say.

1919 C. Orr Glorious Thing xxiii. 279 The very night old Nunk was away.

1998 Financial Post (Canada) (Nexis) 30 Jan. i. 17 I'm worried about the over-75s—the dear old Gramps and Nunks and Auntie Mins.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nunk
释义	nunkn. Brit. /nʌŋk/, U.S. /nəŋk/ Forms: 1800s (1800s– English regional (Yorkshire)) nunc, 1800s– nunk, 1900s– nonc (U.S.). Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: nuncle n. Etymology: Shortened < nuncle n. Compare nunka n., nunks n., nunky n. colloquial. Chiefly British. Uncle. Cf. nuncle n., nunky n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > uncle > [noun] emeOE unclec1300 nunclec1426 nunka1589 Unky?1790 nunky1796 nunk1822 oom1822 nunks1841 Unk1868 chacha1937 tito1969 1822 G. Colman Law of Java i. i. 4 ‘Expect, dear Nunk,’—Nunk again! ‘to see your affectionate nephew, Hans Gayvelt.’ 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. ii. xvi. 311 His uncle, or ‘Nunc’, as Sir Hugo had taught him to say. 1919 C. Orr Glorious Thing xxiii. 279 The very night old Nunk was away. 1998 Financial Post (Canada) (Nexis) 30 Jan. i. 17 I'm worried about the over-75s—the dear old Gramps and Nunks and Auntie Mins. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1822
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