orphanlike

adj

orphanlike

adj

Etymology From orphan + -like.

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:

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