Definitions

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  • noun Uncle.

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  • noun Uncle.

Etymologies

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From Middle English eem, eme, from Old English ēam ("maternal uncle"). Cognate with Scots eme ("uncle"), West Frisian omke ("uncle"), Dutch oom ("uncle"), German Ohm, Oheim ("maternal uncle"), Latin avunculus ("maternal uncle"). See uncle.

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Examples

  • Huic (Naphthae) magna cognatio est ignium, transiliuntque protinus in eam undecunque visam.

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • Timosthenes, had affirmed, in eam ccc. nationes dissimilibus linguis descendere; and the modest Pliny is content to add, et postea a nostris cxxx. interpretibus negotia ibi gesta, (vi.

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • While a well-crafted 3-D TV program can be a starting point in persuading consumers to buy 3-D TVs, it could take years before 3-D programs find a mainstr eam audience in living rooms.

    Sony, Japanese Broadcasters Offer 3-D TV Series Juro Osawa 2011

  • On Tuesday, an undisclosed number of Dallas Cowboys season-ticket holders filed suit against the t eam and its owner, Jerry Jones, claiming their Super Bowl seats offered a limited view of the field and weren't the top notch ones they say they were promised when they paid at least a $100,000 licensing fee for each of their Cowboys tickets.

    Heard on the Field 2011

  • St. Benedict invites every person that climbs this mount to seek peace and follow it: "inquire pacem et sequere eam" [seek peace and follow it.] (Ps. 33,14-15) (Rule, Prologue, 17).

    More from Montecassino 2009

  • Four of the t eam ' s 11 games this season have been decided by four or fewer points, eight of them by nine or fewer points.

    Folk Scott Cacciola 2010

  • June 20th, 2008 at 12: 39 am haud dubium erat eam sententiam altius penetrare et arcana imperii temptari

    Bush Slanders Freedom « Antiwar.com Blog 2008

  • "Item si aliquam itta infirmari contigerit quod ad locum consuetum communioni uenire non possit. si oporteat eam communicari: sacerdos ... corpus chrisi deferens. reuerenter precedentibus eum duabus sororibus cum cereis, et una cum aqua benedicta. et alia campanellam deferente: associantibus nihilominus aliqubus de maturioribus sororibus ad infirmariam uadat. et infirmam communicet. prout in ordinario continetur."

    Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008

  • Their fears were realized Thursday afternoon, after eam doctor Wiemi Douoguih administered an arthrogram, an enhanced MRI exam in which dye is shot into the specified area.

    Stephen Strasburg 'probably' needs Tommy John surgery, will miss 12 to 18 months 2010

  • He has evoked comparisons to former Mets manager Art Howe, who would infamously talk about how his t eam " battled " in one listless loss after another.

    And Then There Were Four: Mets Shave Managerial List Brian Costa 2010

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  • Specifically your mother's brother. Same as eme.

    December 17, 2017