Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
auntie or aunt·y [an-tee, ahn-] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- Informal. aunt.
Origin of auntie First recorded in 1785–95; aunt + -ie Can be confusedante ante- anti- auntie Examples from the Web for auntie Contemporary Examples of auntie
He was the “uncle” just as the BBC is affectionately known as “auntie.”
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Peter Jukes
October 31, 2012
Tell her we need to borrow one of her chadri for Auntie Malika; tell her we will return it to her in just a few days.
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
March 11, 2011
Historical Examples of auntie
Auntie, dear, the trip has made me more restless and dissatisfied than ever.
Harry Leon Wilson
“He only pointed it at me, auntie,” Evadna corrected, ignorant of the Western phrase.
B. M. Bower
Auntie came all the way back from America to see whether I was happy here.
E. Nesbit
Oh, say it’s ‘most bedtime, auntie, then I won’t have to get up at all!
Annie Hamilton Donnell
His cot was in Auntie Jan’s room with a tall screen round it.
L. Allen Harker
British Dictionary definitions for auntie auntie aunty noun plural -ies
- a familiar or diminutive word for aunt
- Australian informal, derogatory an older male homosexual
Auntie noun
- British an informal name for the BBC
- Australian informal the Australian Broadcasting Association
Word Origin and History for auntie n.
1787, also aunty, familiar diminutive form of aunt. As a form of kindly address to an older woman to whom one is not related, originally in southern U.S., of elderly slave women.
The negro no longer submits with grace to be called “uncle” or “auntie” as of yore. [“Harper’s Magazine,” October 1883]