uncular
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From uncle, after avuncular.[1]
Adjective
[edit]uncular (not comparable)
References
[edit]- ^ James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Uncular”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes X, Part 1 (Ti–U), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 110, column 3: “f. Uncle sb., after avuncular.”