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brideless

adj

Etymology

From bride + -less.

  1. inherited from *brūdiz✻ — “bride”
  2. inherited from *brūdi✻
  3. inherited from brȳd — “bride”
  4. inherited from bride
  5. suffixed as brideless — “bride + less”

Definitions

  1. Without a bride.

    • The brideless bridegroom would permit none to interfere with his sorrow. He dug a grave for his Mora, and erected over it the rude tomb they saw […]
    • God almighty recognizes no brideless marriage […]

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