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nuncle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables
nun-cle
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Uncle.

Archaic

noun

Aunt or uncle; sibling of a parent (regardless of gender).

verb

To cheat, deceive.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From rebracketing of phrases an uncle, mine uncle, thine uncle, etc. Compare neam and naunt, as well as French mononcle. 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.

Usage

Inflected Forms

nuncles (plural) nuncles (present, singular) nuncling (participle, present) nuncled (participle, past) nuncled (past)

Derived Forms

nunky

Questions

What does nuncle mean?
Uncle.
Where does nuncle come from?
From rebracketing of phrases an uncle, mine uncle, thine uncle, etc. Compare neam and naunt, as well as French mononcle. 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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