unclish

English

Etymology

From uncle +‎ -ish.

Adjective

unclish (comparative more unclish, superlative most unclish)

  1. Pertaining to an uncle; avuncular.
    • 1913, E. Nesbit, Wings and the Child:
      The supplementary equipment can be added as it is needed, not by the sporadic outbursts of unclish extravagance, but by well considered and slow degrees, and by means in which the child participates.
    • 1971, D. G. Compton, Chronocules:
      He put his naked arm around her naked shoulders, irretrievably, irritatingly unclish.
    • 1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, Abacus 2014, p. 122:
      ‘There are unclish men with monocles and women with skirts too tight and floppety hats and nothing to say.’
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