noun
nuncle
Nuncle (noun) means Aunt or uncle; sibling of a parent (regardless of gender).
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Aunt or uncle; sibling of a parent (regardless of gender).
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Etymology
From rebracketing of phrases an uncle, mine uncle, thine uncle, etc. Compare neam and naunt. For the verb, OED suggests an evolution in sense "to claim to be one's uncle" > "to cheat". It compares this derivation with cozen, which it derives from cousin. For the technical anthropological sense, compare nibling.
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"nuncle" (noun) means aunt or uncle; sibling of a parent (regardless of gender).