VIRILOCAL

Meaning of VIRILOCAL in English

|virə+ adjective

Etymology: Latin vir man + English -i- + local

: patrilocal

• viri·locally “+ adverb

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

VIRILOCAL — — virilocally , adv. /vir'euh loh"keuhl/ , adj. Anthropol. living with or located near the husband's father's group; patrilocal. Cf. …
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VIRILOCAL — [ ˌvɪrɪ'ləʊk(ə)l ] ■ adjective another term for patrilocal . Origin 1940s: from L. virilis 'of a man' + local …
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VIRILOCALLY — adverb see virilocal
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UXORILOCAL — |ək|sōrə+ adjective Etymology: Latin uxor + -i- + English local : matrilocal the Yao are matrilineal and predominantly uxorilocal — …
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PATRILOCAL — — patrilocality , n. /pa'treuh loh"keuhl, pay'-/ , adj. Anthropol. virilocal. [ 1905-10; PATRI- + LOCAL ]
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NEOLOCAL — /nee'oh loh"keuhl/ , adj. Anthropol. living or located away from both the husband's and the wife's relatives: a neolocal family. …
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MATRILOCAL — — matrilocality , n. /ma'treuh loh"keuhl, may'-/ , adj. Anthropol. of or pertaining to residence with the wife's family or …
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