orphanish

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of an orphan.

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Meanings

adjectiveorphanish (comparative more orphanish, superlative most 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

Origin

From orphan + -ish.

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Cite this entry
APA

orphanish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orphanish

MLA

“orphanish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orphanish. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “orphanish,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orphanish.

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