单词 | nunk |
释义 | nunkn. 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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