orphanlike

orphanlike

English

Etymology

orphan +‎ -like

Adjective

orphanlike (comparative more orphanlike, superlative most orphanlike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of an orphan.
   • 2003, Willa Cather, Susan J Rosowski, A Lost Lady

     Left orphanlike (his mother dies and his father later moves to Denver and disappears from the novel), he lives with his distinguished uncle...