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auntdom en · NOUN

Etymology

From aunt + -dom.

Meanings

  1. (rare, uncountable) The state of being an aunt.
    • You enter the twilight world of ageing auntdom. 2001, John Singleton, The Creative Writing Workbook, page 234:
    • To my surprise, Ursula Low (it is high time to liberate her from auntdom) writes with a light and easy swing. 2015, Ferdinand Mount, The Tears of the Rajas, page 8:
    • The unemployed maternal instincts of the wife easily work themselves out in an unlimited and universal auntdom. 1894, The Yellow Book - Volume 3, page 14:

Synonyms

auntness · aunthood