Grandmaternal
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 of or relating to a grandmother not-comparable
"Though it was a maternal feeling of a kind she hadn't really known with her own children; perhaps, in fact, a grandmaternal feeling, wise, affectionate, forbearing, soft-hearted, but also a little weary, a little retrospective, a little removed..."
Example
More examples"Though it was a maternal feeling of a kind she hadn't really known with her own children; perhaps, in fact, a grandmaternal feeling, wise, affectionate, forbearing, soft-hearted, but also a little weary, a little retrospective, a little removed..."
Etymology
From grand- + maternal.
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