aunty

[ an-tee, ahn- ]

/ ˈæn ti, ˈɑn- /

noun, plural aunt·ies.

auntie.

Nearby words

Definition for aunty (2 of 2)

auntie

or aunt·y

[ an-tee, ahn- ]

/ ˈæn ti, ˈɑn- /

noun

Informal. aunt.

Origin of auntie

First recorded in 1785–95; aunt + -ie

Can be confusedante ante- anti- auntie

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Examples from the Web for aunty

Today, in contrast, if Grandma Maude starts one in Maine, Aunty Carol can directly help out from California.
Why Every Home Needs a Drone This Holiday|Charlie Gilbert|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
All right, children: it's time for Aunty Megan to bore you with how things were In Her Day.
The Absurd Lies of College Admissions|Megan McArdle|April 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Emma sat down as close as she could to her, to show that she was in possession, and no one else could have aunty now.
Gritli's Children|Johanna Spyri
Indeed, Aunty Rose would have had the meal on the table twenty minutes earlier.
Carolyn of the Corners|Ruth Belmore Endicott

Aunty Boone sat on a pile of pelts inside the store, smoking her pipe.
Vanguards of the Plains|Margaret McCarter
Aunty and I discussed the matter dispassionately under a palm tree in the back yard.
The Smiling Hill-Top|Julia M. Sloane
It was Aunty Etta, I think, who had first put it into my head to make them.
The Carved Lions|Mrs. Molesworth

British Dictionary definitions for aunty (1 of 3)

Aunty

/ (ˈɑːntɪ) /

noun

Australian an informal name for ABC 2 (def. 2)

British Dictionary definitions for aunty (2 of 3)

auntie

aunty

/ (ˈɑːntɪ) /

noun plural -ies

a familiar or diminutive word for aunt

Australian informal, derogatory an older male homosexual

British Dictionary definitions for aunty (3 of 3)

Auntie

/ (ˈɑːntɪ) /

noun

British an informal name for the BBC

Australian informal the Australian Broadcasting Association

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Word Origin and History for aunty

auntie

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]