parental, maternal, paternal
(adjective) relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent; “parental guidance”
paternal
(adjective) characteristic of a father
agnate, agnatic, paternal
(adjective) related on the father’s side; “a paternal aunt”
paternal
(adjective) belonging to or inherited from one’s father; “spent his childhood on the paternal farm”; “paternal traits”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
paternal (comparative more paternal, superlative most paternal)
Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family
Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.
Received or inherited from one's father.
Acting as a father
• maternal – mother
• avuncular – uncle
• maternal – mother
• materteral – aunt
• parental, prenatal
Source: Wiktionary
Pa*ter"nal, a. Etym: [L. paternus, fr. pater a father: cf. F. paternel. See Father.]
1. Of or pertaining to a father; fatherly; showing the disposition of a father; guiding or instructing as a father; as, paternal care. "Under paternal rule." Milton.
2. Received or derived from a father; hereditary; as, a paternal estate. Their small paternal field of corn. Dryden. Paternal government (Polit. Science), the assumption by the governing power of a quasi-fatherly relation to the people, involving strict and intimate supervision of their business and social concerns, upon the theory that they are incapable of managing their own afffairs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 November 2024
(adjective) not functioning properly; “something is amiss”; “has gone completely haywire”; “something is wrong with the engine”
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