Avunculate (noun)
a-vun-koo-lat
(anthropology) The special relationship in some societies between a man and his sister’s son.
Early 20th century from Latin avunculus ‘maternal uncle’ + -ate.
Example sentences
“Of all the kinship relationships, the avunculate is one of the closest.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
