faderles
Middle English
Alternative forms
- fadirles, federles, fadirlesse, vaderlyes, faderlese, faderlesse
Etymology
From Old English fæderlēas, from Proto-Germanic *fadērlausaz; equivalent to fader + -les.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfadərlɛːs/, /ˈfaːdərlɛːs/, /ˈfɛːdərlɛːs/
Adjective
faderles
- Lacking or without a living/active father or male parent; fatherless.
- (rare) Having never had a father; intrinsically lacking a father.
- (rare) Having no lord or authority (either earthly or heavenly).
Descendants
- English: fatherless
References
- “fā̆derlēs (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-18.