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waiflike

adj

Etymology

From waif + -like.

  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 waiflike — “waif + like”

Definitions

  1. Resembling a waif

    Resembling a waif; apparently homeless, starving, etc.

    • Translations, Act I - Brian Friel "She has a waiflike appearance and could be any age from seventeen to thirty-five."

The neighborhood

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