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aunt (ant, änt)

noun

  1. a sister of one's mother or father
  2. the wife of one's uncle

Etymology: ME & OFr aunte < L amita, paternal aunt, dim. of *amma, mother (< baby talk)

aunt Synonyms

aunt

n.

mother's sister, father's sister, uncle's wife, grandaunt, great-aunt, auntie*, tante (French), Tante (German), Tía (Spanish); see also relative.

aunt Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • involve: The teacher asked the pupils to solve a money problem involving an imaginary rich aunt.
  • love: Beloved wife of the late Bill Currie, dearly loved aunt to the family.
  • visit: The only Anderson I experienced during an air raid was in Croydon while visiting an Aunt.
  • age: So once again Jane and Joan had to nurse their aged aunt.
  • say: Sadly, said maiden aunt may not share this opinion.
  • have: Maybe you do even have a great aunt once removed who married a Duke.

Adjective modifier

  • maiden: Are there maiden aunts or awkward uncles who would be offended by the content of your speech?
  • imaginary: The teacher asked the pupils to solve a money problem involving an imaginary rich aunt.
  • paternal: Sometimes the paternal aunt is given the honor of choosing a name.
  • maternal: Scenario 2 Several weeks later, the same babyâs maternal aunt comes to your surgery.
  • giddy: Aunt: My giddy aunt is an expression used to denote surprise.
  • beloved: Dear sister of Vera, sister-in-law of Frank, and a beloved aunt.

Modifies a noun

  • elaine: Aunt elaine lines was the only a few a zodiac stop.
  • sally: ANNEX As noted in paragraph 8 above, five ' aunt sally ' propositions were discussed in the morning session.

Noun used with modifier

  • agony: They can also email agony aunt, Sam, for direct advice.
  • spinster: And the fact that it was very comfortable, and that we were looked after extremely well by these two spinster aunts.

Possessives

  • house: They move into his aunt's old house in London.
  • death: Following her aunt's death All Saints school pupil Cathy made it clear what she wanted to do.
  • home: An aspiring young actress finds her staying in her aunt's home.

Preposition: of

  • family: Beloved wife of the late Angus Young, a much loved and sadly missed sister, aunt and great aunt of the family.
aunt Quotes

As a rule, you see, I'm not lugged into Family Rows.On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across the primeval swamps†the clan has a tendency to ignore me. It's one of the advantages Iget from being a bacheloröand, according to my nearest and dearest, practically a half-witted bachelor at that.

—Plum

Aunt Jane observed, the second time She tumbled off a bus, 'The step is short from the Sublime To the Ridiculous.'

—Graham, Harry

But Ireckon Igot to light out for theterritoryahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can't stand it. I been there before.

—Twain, Mark pseudonym of  Samuel Langhorne Clemens

Matilda told such Dreadful Lies, It made one Gasp and Stretch one's Eyes; Her Aunt, who, from her Earliest Youth, Had kept a Strict Regard forTruth, Attempted to Believe Matilda: The effort very nearly killed her.

—Belloc, (Joseph) Hilaire Pierre

'Take my camel, dear,'said my aunt Dot, as she climbed down from this animal on her return from High Mass.

—Macaulay, Dame (Emilie) Rose

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