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orphanage

noun
/ˈɔː(ɹ)fənɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Attested since the 1570s; orphan + -age.

  1. derived from *h₃órbʰos✻
  2. derived from ὀρφανός
  3. derived from orphanus
  4. suffixed as orphanage — “orphan + age”

Definitions

  1. A residential institution for the care and protection of orphans.

    • Near-synonym: children's home (not always different)

  2. Orphanhood

    Orphanhood; the state of being an orphan.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for orphanage. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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