avuncular (adj.)
means “typical of or suitable to an uncle”; it also has figurative senses meaning “kind, indulgent, undemanding, sexless”: His treatment of her was more avuncular than amorous. It’s perhaps a cliché in its most frequent company, avuncular advice. A curiosity: English has no similar adjective to deal with matters or qualities typical of an aunt: auntish and auntlike are about as close as we can come.
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Something must be done to redress this intolerably inequitable situation. "Amita" is Latin for aunt. How does "amitous" sound to everyone? "Amitular"?
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