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orphanlike

orphanlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of an orphan.

Adjective

orphanlike (comparative more orphanlike, superlative most orphanlike)

  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...2003, Willa Cather, Susan J Rosowski, A Lost Lady

Forms of orphanlike

comparativemore orphanlike
superlativemost orphanlike

Origin of orphanlike

From orphan + -like.

Questions about orphanlike

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

Words near orphanlike in the dictionary

  1. orphanity
  2. orphanize
  3. orphanized
  4. orphanizes
  5. orphanizing
  6. orphanlike
  7. orphanotrophia
  8. orphanotrophies
  9. orphanotrophism
  10. orphanotrophium
  11. orphanotrophy

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