An uncle; also dialect a friend, gossip.
| 单词 | θ153565 |
| 释义 | society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > uncle > [noun] (24) emeOE An uncle; also dialect a friend, gossip. unclec1300 A brother of one’s father or mother. Also: the husband or male partner of one’s aunt. Cf. uncle-in-law n. at compounds 2. nunclec1426 Uncle. Cf. nunky, n., nunks, n. nunka1589 Uncle. Cf. nuncle, n., nunky, n. Unky?1790 Esp. in children's language: one's uncle; an uncle. Cf. Unk, n. nunky1796 colloquial. Uncle. Cf. nuncle, n. nunk1822 Uncle. Cf. nuncle, n., nunky, n. oom1822 Used as a respectful form of address to an older or elderly man. Hence: an older man, esp. an uncle. nunks1841 Uncle. Cf. nuncle, n., nunky, n. Unk1868 An informal term for: one's uncle; an uncle. Cf. Unky, n. chacha1937 An uncle. Also used as a respectful title or form of address for an older man. tito1969 An uncle. Also used as a respectful title or form of address for an older man. Cf. tita, n. Subcategories:— as form of address (1) — maternal uncle (4) — great- or grand-uncle (2) — husband of aunt (1) — condition of uncle (4) |
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