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merry-widowed

merry-widowed is the simple past and past participle of merry-widow.

Meaning of merry-widow

Verb

merry-widow (third-person singular simple present merry-widows, present participle merry-widowing, simple past and past participle merry-widowed)

  1. (obsolete) To swirl around dancing a romantic or flamboyant waltz.
    • Dan produced his divining rod - a piece of forked willow tree - and taking a firm grip of it with both hands, went off ‘merry-widowing’ round Skinnerlouse’s yard.1911, ‘Steel Rudd’, The Book of Dan, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, published 1970, page 8

Questions about merry-widowed

What is merry-widowed the simple past and past participle of?
Merry-widowed is the simple past and past participle of merry-widow.

Words near merry-widowed in the dictionary

  1. merry-thought
  2. merry-thoughts
  3. merry-totter
  4. merry-totters
  5. merry-widow
  6. merry-widowed
  7. merry-widowing
  8. merry-widows
  9. merryandrew
  10. merryandrews
  11. merrybell

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