Sororal

/səˈɹɔːɹ(ə)l/ adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters; sisterlike, sisterly. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Related through a sister. archaic, not-comparable

    "sororal nephew"

Adjective
  1. 1
    like or characteristic of or befitting a sister wordnet

Synonyms

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sisterlysisterlike

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin sororlbor. English -al English sororal PIE word *swésōr Learned borrowing from Latin soror (“sister”) + English -al (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives).

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