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waifishness

noun

Etymology

From waifish + -ness.

  1. derived from *weyp-✻ — “to oscillate, swing”
  2. derived from *waif-✻
  3. derived from veif — “flag; waving thing”
  4. derived from waif
  5. derived from waif
  6. inherited from weif — “ownerless property subject to seizure and forfeiture; the right of such seizure and forfeiture; revenues obtained from such seizure and forfeiture”
  7. suffixed as waifish — “waif + ish”
  8. suffixed as waifishness — “waifish + ness”

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being waifish.

The neighborhood

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