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fatherlessness

noun

Etymology

From fatherless + -ness.

  1. inherited from *fadērlausaz✻
  2. inherited from fæderlēas
  3. inherited from faderles
  4. suffixed as fatherlessness — “fatherless + ness”

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being fatherless (not having a (living) father).

    • Obama did not respond to his fatherlessness or his racial predicament with anger and rage, but as questions for investigation, conversation and synthesis.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA