nuncle


nun·cle

N0195100 (nŭng′kəl)n. Chiefly British An uncle: "Can you make no use of nothing, nuncle?" (Shakespeare).
[From the phrases an uncle, mine uncle.]

nuncle

(ˈnʌŋkəl) n an archaic or dialect word for uncle[C16: from division of mine uncle as my nuncle]

un•cle

(ˈʌŋ kəl)

n. 1. a brother of one's father or mother. 2. an aunt's husband. 3. a familiar title or term of address for any elderly man. 4. (cap.) Uncle Sam. Idioms: say or cry uncle, to concede defeat. [1250–1300; < Old French < Latin avunculus mother's brother; akin to Old English èam uncle, Latin avus grandfather]