big-brotherliness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English big brother Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English big-brotherly Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English big-brotherliness From big-brotherly + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Big-brotherly behavior.
Only the intonation in his voice, his whole manner, his diffident fatherliness, or at least big-brotherliness, had indicated, with the most rigorous precision, a very young person: [...]
1936, The American Mercury, page 464:Early, he showed a non-condescending big-brotherliness towards his companion priests of the Missouri Mission.
1968, Better the Dream, page 31:“No—not on that one!” he objected, with that little air of big-brotherliness which Katherine always loved to see.
1901, Anna Fuller, Katherine Day, page 602:We need only pay attention to the junior, enter truly into some bit of his life to hold his allegiance, and keep his interests on our side. It is not from lack of religious ceremony, but from lack of genuine big-brotherliness that juniors are lost.
1918, Anglican Theological Review, page 144:
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big-brotherly · big brother · big-brotherism · big-brotherish · big brotherism · Big Brother · Big Brotherism · Big Brotherish