sororialadj.
/səˈrɔːrɪəl/ = sororal adj. 3a.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > sister > [adjective]
sisterly?1532
sister-like1567
sistering1609
sororial1836
sororal1838
1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney III. iii. 146 ‘Her brother’..permitted his approbation of her sororial affection to produce a sort of fraternal acknowledgment.
1877 World 7 7 The gauntlet of sororial criticism which he finds himself compelled to run.
Derivatives
soˈrorially adv. in a sisterly manner.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > sister > [adverb]
sister-like1576
sisterly1596
sororially1825
1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. I. 23 Taking her sororially by the hand, she led her forth from the oak parlour.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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adj.1825- to make a wound sound
- to make a wry face or mouth
- to make a wry face or mouth wry faces
- to make a wry face or mouth wry mouths
- to make a wry mouth
- to make a wry mouths
- to make a, one's fortune
- to make abode
- to make abort
- to make about
- to make account
- to make account of
- to make acquaintance
- to make acquaintance of also occasionally with
- to make advantage of
- to make affiance
- to make affray
- to make after
- to make again
- to make against
- to make agreement
- to make aim
- to make aliyah
- to make all
- to make all the running