ATDTDA (1): avuncularity

[Charles Albert]

"S'los, hund?"


thought I was gonna blow a rib....



love,
cfa

On 1/26/07, Tim Strzechowski <dedalus204 at comcast.net> wrote:
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>  avuncularMain Entry: avun·cu·lar
> Pronunciation: &-'v&[ng]-ky&-l&r
> Function: *adjective*
> Etymology: Latin *avunculus* maternal uncle -- more at UNCLE
> 1 : of or relating to an uncle
> 2 : suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality <*
> avuncular* indulgence>
> - avun·cu·lar·i·ty  /&-"v&[ng]-ky&-'la-r&-tE, -'ler-&-/ *noun*
> - avun·cu·lar·ly  /&-'v&[ng]-ky&-l&r-lE/ *adverb*
>
> http://www.yourdictionary.com/wotd/wotd.pl?word=avuncular
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> To me, this has a faint foreshadowing of the "your mama" passage with the
> Archduke at pp. 47 -8.
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