aunt, auntie, aunty
(noun) the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
Source: WordNet® 3.1
auntie (plural aunties)
Diminutive of aunt
(Asia, Africa) Term of familiarity or respect for a middle-aged or elderly woman.
In some lects this is the most common spoken form for aunt.
• aunt
auntie (third-person singular simple present aunties, present participle auntying, simple past and past participle auntied)
To be or behave like the aunt of.
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Auntie
(UK, affectionate nickname) The BBC.
(Australia, affectionate nickname) The ABC (Australian Broadcasting Commission).
• (BBC): the Beeb, Auntie Beeb
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Source: Wiktionary
Aunt"ie, Aunt"y, n.
Definition: A familiar name for an aunt. In the southern United States a familiar term applied to aged negro women.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
