avuncularadj.
/əˈvʌŋkjʊlə/ a. Of, belonging to, or resembling, an uncle.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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