orphanhood

noun

Etymology

From orphan + -hood. PIE word *h₃órbʰos

  1. derived from *h₃órbʰos
  2. derived from ὀρφανός
  3. derived from orphanus
  4. suffixed as orphanhood — “orphan + hood

Definitions

  1. The state of being an orphan

    The state of being an orphan; the losing of both parents through their death.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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