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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Chiefly British An uncle: "Can you make no use of nothing, nuncle?” ( Shakespeare).

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Uncle. This was the licensed appellation given by a fool to his master or superior, the fools themselves calling one another cousin.
  2. To cheat; deceive.

Wiktionary

  1. n. archaic or dialectal uncle

Etymologies

  1. From rebracketing of phrases an uncle, mine uncle. Compare naunt. (Wiktionary)
  2. From the phrases an uncle, mine uncle. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “I had rather be any kind o' thing than a fool: and yet I would not be thee, nuncle; thou hast pared thy wit o' both sides, and left nothing i' the middle: here comes one o”

    enowning

  • “Why, I never frightened him; never put him beside his poor wits, like t'other poor nuncle.”

    Camilla

  • “Quoth Ajib, Even so, O nuncle mine; my heart burns for the loss of a beloved one who is non other than my father; and indeed I come forth, I and my grandfather, 459 to circle and search the world for him.”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night

  • “Then she said to him, O nuncle, I am a maiden of the Arabs and a stranger and I have a sick brother; but I will go with thee to thy daughter on one condition, which is, that I may spend only the day with her and at night may return to my brother.”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night

  • “Wherefore he knew that nuncle Mardas was their prisoner, and said, “By the life of Mahdiyah, I will not depart hence till I have delivered her father, that she may not be troubled!””

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night

  • “Anon Hasan chanced to glance aside and seeing from afar a something lofty said to the Magian, “What is that, O nuncle?””

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night

  • “Upon this a little boy, one of those present, came forward and said, “Show it to me, nuncle mine!””

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night

  • “Eunuch and saying to him, “This is the reward of goodness, O nuncle Tulip,” went in to Al – Rashid and said to him,”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night

  • “So I drew near to him and saluted him, and he returned my salam by signs, but spoke not; and I said to him, “O nuncle mine, what causeth thee to sit here?””

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night

  • “Then said he to the leader, “Have no fear, O nuncle!” and the Syrian answered, saying, “O my son, I am thy servant for all future time.””

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night

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