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orphanish

orphanish adjective: resembling or characteristic of an orphan.

Adjective

orphanish (comparative more orphanish, superlative most orphanish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of an orphan.
    • I must have seemed pathetic to her, with my orphanish clothes and chalky fingers.2009, Margaret Atwood, The Year of the Flood, Virago Press (2020), page 88

Forms of orphanish

comparativemore orphanish
superlativemost orphanish

Origin of orphanish

From orphan + -ish.

Questions about orphanish

What does orphanish mean?
Orphanish means resembling or characteristic of an orphan.
What part of speech is orphanish?
Orphanish is an adjective.

Words near orphanish in the dictionary

  1. orphanin
  2. orphaning
  3. orphaning off
  4. orphanins
  5. orphanise
  6. orphanish
  7. orphanism
  8. orphanity
  9. orphanize
  10. orphanized
  11. orphanizes

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