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materteral

adj
/məˈtɜːtəɹəl/UK

Etymology

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

  1. derived from mātertera

Definitions

  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.
    • Only some insistent pleading (materteral rather than avuncular) had changed their mind.
    • It pleased her to see Aunt Maude waiting tables. Smiling to herself, Alice reflected that Maude was materteral ... like a kindly aunt.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA