Fatherliness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fatherliness \Fa"ther*li*ness\, n. [From {Fatherly}.]
     The qualities of a father; parantal kindness, care, etc.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  fatherliness
       n : the benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father;
           "the gentleness and fatherliness of the strange old man
           eased her fears" [syn: {paternal quality}]