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orphanlike

adj

Etymology

From orphan + -like.

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

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of an orphan.

    • Left orphanlike (his mother dies and his father later moves to Denver and disappears from the novel), he lives with his distinguished uncle...

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