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womb-child

womb-child is the alternative form of wombchild.

Meaning of wombchild

Noun

wombchild (plural wombchildren)

  1. (poetic) A child still in the womb (i.e. a human embryo or fetus).
    • If ever there were retribution for shedding of innocent blood, who shall answer in the earth for this shedding of blood? That of the wombchild. Most innocent of blood.2015, Ravens Station Steward, Ravens Station Steward
  2. (poetic) A child of one's womb, as opposed to one who is adopted.
    • Her wombchild Taimi burst into the hall, gasping, his eyes glittering with the heedless excitement of his fifteen years.1985, S. M. Stirling, Snowbrother, page 19

Forms of womb-child

pluralwomb-children

Origin of womb-child

From womb + child.

Questions about womb-child

What is womb-child the alternative form of?
Womb-child is the alternative form of wombchild.

Words near womb-child in the dictionary

  1. womb
  2. womb envy
  3. womb-brethren
  4. womb-brother
  5. womb-brothers
  6. womb-child
  7. wombadelia
  8. wombadelic
  9. womban
  10. Wombarra
  11. wombat

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Adapted from Wiktionary: womb-child (page history and authors); wombchild (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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