单词 | sororal |
释义 | sororal (once / 1074483 pages) adj To be sororal is to be sisterly or sister-like. If you crave sororal company, join a sorority...or a convent. A sorority is a college club for women, and the young women in the same sorority call each other sisters. Similarly, acting in a sororal way is to act like a sister. Two women who look like they could be related have a sororal resemblance. Even fighting could be considered sororal, since sisters don't always get along. This word is similar to fraternal, which means brotherly. WORD FAMILYsororal USAGE EXAMPLESDespite both her and Catherine's jolt to fame, she said that she and her sister have maintained a normal sororal relationship. Los Angeles Times(Jun 30, 2014) Even otherwise they but enhance the sororal beauties of faiths which if cognate are quite distinct. Saltus, Edgar, The Lords of the Ghostland—A Histor...(2010) How do you all do, amanuenses both—marital and sororal? Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall), The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb...(2010) adj like or characteristic of or befitting a sister sororal concern Syn|Ant sisterlike, sisterly brotherlike, brotherly, fraternal like or characteristic of or befitting a brother |
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