wifeless
wifeless adjective: having no wife; unmarried or celibate.
Adjective
wifeless (not comparable)
- Having no wife; unmarried or celibate.
- I am a lone wolf, a solitary man, wandering through a world in which I have no part. I am wifeless—childless—who is it speaks of the childless as the dead twigs on the tree of life?1899 January 7 – May 5, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, chapter I, in When the Sleeper Wakes, London; New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, published 1899, →OCLC
- Without a wife present.
- I at once telephoned. The Shades were out, said the cheeky ancillula, an obnoxious little fan who came to cook for them on Sundays and no doubt dreamt of getting the old poet to cuddle her some wifeless day.1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire
wifeless meaning in Kannada
wifeless in Kannada
- ಅಪತ್ನೀಕ
Forms of wifeless
| alternative form | wiveless |
|---|---|
| alternative form | wyueles |
Origin of wifeless
From Middle English wyfles, wifles, possibly from Old English wīflēas (“wifeless”), equivalent to wife + -less.
Words formed from wifeless
Questions about wifeless
- What does wifeless mean?
- Wifeless means having no wife; unmarried or celibate.
- What is wifeless in Kannada?
- Wifeless in Kannada is ಅಪತ್ನೀಕ. See Wifeless meaning in Kannada.
- What part of speech is wifeless?
- Wifeless is an adjective.
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