Materteral

//məˈtɜːtəɹəl// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to, or in the manner of, an aunt.

    "It may be that stipulations about parts and wholes are, in some way that undermines my materteral analogies, unlike stipulations about aunts and legacies."

Example

More examples

"It may be that stipulations about parts and wholes are, in some way that undermines my materteral analogies, unlike stipulations about aunts and legacies."

Etymology

From Latin mātertera (“maternal aunt”) + -al.

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