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unclehood

unclehood noun: the state of being an uncle.

Noun

unclehood (uncountable)

  1. the state of being an uncle
    • If he lives in a society which has established unclehood as a centrally significant institution (not ours, to be sure, but most matrilineal societies)...2003, Richard W Budd, Interdisciplinary approaches to human communication
    Synonyms:
    uncledom

unclehood meaning in Arabic

unclehood in Arabic

Translations
عُمُومَة ʕumūma, خُؤُولَة ḵuʔūla

Synonyms of unclehood

Origin of unclehood

From uncle + -hood.

Questions about unclehood

What does unclehood mean?
Unclehood means the state of being an uncle.
What is unclehood in Arabic?
Unclehood in Arabic is عُمُومَة (ʕumūma), خُؤُولَة (ḵuʔūla). See Unclehood meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is unclehood?
Unclehood is a noun.

Words near unclehood in the dictionary

  1. uncledom
  2. uncleft
  3. unclefts
  4. unclefucker
  5. unclefuckers
  6. unclehood
  7. uncleji
  8. unclejis
  9. uncleless
  10. unclely
  11. unclement

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