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nunly

adj

Etymology

From nun + -ly.

  1. derived from nonna
  2. inherited from nunne
  3. inherited from nonne
  4. suffixed as nunly — “nun + ly”

Definitions

  1. Like a nun

    Like a nun; nunlike.

    • She pushes towards the king, and for a second he sees him through her eyes: a blur of red-gold and flushed skin, a ready, priapic body, a hand like a ham that stretches out to take her by her nunly elbow.

The neighborhood

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