orphanlike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of an orphan.

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Meanings

adjectiveorphanlike (comparative more orphanlike, superlative most 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

Origin

From orphan + -like.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Kherlopian
Cite this entry
APA

orphanlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orphanlike

MLA

“orphanlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orphanlike. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “orphanlike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orphanlike.

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