English Explanatory Dictionary

wifeless

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Having no wife; unmarried or celibate.
Without a wife present.

Word forms

wifeless wiveless wyueles

Etymology

From Middle English wyfles, wifles, possibly from Old English wīflēas (“wifeless”), equivalent to wife + -less.

Related words

wivesless

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