materteral

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materteral

/məˈtɜːtəɹl̩/ UK
/məˈtɜɹtəɹ(ə)l/ US
[-ɾə-] US

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From Latin mātertera (“maternal aunt”) + English -al (suffix forming adjectives). Mātertera is derived from māter (“mother”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”)) + ‑tera (feminine form of ‑ter (suffix forming nouns)).

adjective more materteral · most materteral

humorous, rare Of or relating to, or in the manner of, an aunt. [A] venerable matron and her virgin sister, who had passed the great climacteric, […] exclaimed with maternal and materteral anxiety, that the legislature ought to prohibit such dangerous sports; since the unavoidable accidents, to which human life and limb are exposed, are quite sufficient without
Similar: auntish, auntlike, auntyish, materterine

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@misc{materteral_2026,
  title = {materteral},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/materteral},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}