Wordie: Avuncular: Comments

ta!

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:28:51 +0000

might do the trick!

Comment by reesetee, 12 months ago

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:36:38 +0000

Sarra, see materteral. :-)

Comment by sarra, 12 months ago

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:16:06 +0000

Is there any word which covers the same traits (kindness, experience, generosity, maybe a bit of exuberance) in a female? Matronly is too distanced. Language hacks gladly accepted.

Comment by seanmeade, about 1 year ago

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:04:25 +0000

the thing i love about avuncular is its origin in Indo-European pre-history and the probable cultural milieu: the importance of the maternal uncle/grandfather in bringing up a boy in a paternal society.