Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to a nephew or nephews.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or relating to a nephew.

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  • adjective Of or relating to a nephew.

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Examples

  • Still, Master Henry was not a remarkable specimen of infanthood, and had never occupied more than his proper nepotal corner in Hilary's heart.

    Mistress and Maid. A Household Story. 1864

  • a good, sober, substantial one, the more highly Mr. Templeton would consider him, and the more likely he was to be made his uncle's heir, -- that is, provided Mr.. Templeton did not supersede the nepotal parasite by indigenous olive-branches.

    Ernest Maltravers — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

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