Auncle

//ˈɑŋ.kəl// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Used especially as a gender-neutral term: the sibling or sibling-in-law of one's parent. rare

    "By cross-cousin marriage, the parents-in-law are auncles (mother’s brother, father’s sister), but since we appear to have a Lukian term nere for parents-in-law but another, tuhe, for auncles, the Lukian relationship terms do not seem to be based upon a cross-cousin system."

Synonyms

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piblinguncle or aunt

Example

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"By cross-cousin marriage, the parents-in-law are auncles (mother’s brother, father’s sister), but since we appear to have a Lukian term nere for parents-in-law but another, tuhe, for auncles, the Lukian relationship terms do not seem to be based upon a cross-cousin system."

Etymology

Blend of aunt + uncle.

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