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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "without a living mother",
"word": "morlaus"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "without a living mother",
"word": "morlaus"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "without a living mother",
"word": "moderlös"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "tallilēni",
"sense": "without a living mother",
"word": "తల్లిలేని"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "without a living mother",
"word": "annesiz"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "without a living mother",
"word": "anasız"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "without a living mother",
"word": "öksüz"
}
],
"word": "motherless"
}
{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English adverbs",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms suffixed with -less",
"English terms with audio links",
"English uncomparable adjectives"
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "moderles"
},
"expansion": "Middle English moderles",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "mōdorlēas"
},
"expansion": "Old English mōdorlēas",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*mōdērlausaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mōdērlausaz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "mother",
"3": "less"
},
"expansion": "mother + -less",
"name": "suffix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "muurloos",
"t": "motherless"
},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian muurloos (“motherless”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "moederloos",
"t": "motherless"
},
"expansion": "Dutch moederloos (“motherless”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "mutterlos",
"t": "motherless"
},
"expansion": "German mutterlos (“motherless”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "moderløs",
"t": "motherless"
},
"expansion": "Danish moderløs (“motherless”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "moderlös",
"t": "motherless"
},
"expansion": "Swedish moderlös (“motherless”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "móðurlaus",
"t": "motherless"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic móðurlaus (“motherless”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English moderles, from Old English mōdorlēas, from Proto-Germanic *mōdērlausaz, equivalent to mother + -less. Cognate with Saterland Frisian muurloos (“motherless”), Dutch moederloos (“motherless”), German mutterlos (“motherless”), Danish moderløs (“motherless”), Swedish moderlös (“motherless”), Icelandic móðurlaus (“motherless”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more motherless",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most motherless",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "motherless (comparative more motherless, superlative most motherless)",
"name": "en-adv"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adv",
"related": [
{
"word": "half orphan"
},
{
"word": "orphan"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Australian English",
"English slang",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"South African English"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2009, Bryce Courtenay, The Story Of Danny Dunn",
"text": "At the wake, held at her old pub, Brenda watched as her sisters, brothers-in-law and several nieces and nephews got motherless drunk, then summoned a taxi to take them all home in two separate trips.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"very, completely (especially in reference to drunkenness)"
],
"links": [
[
"very",
"very"
],
[
"completely",
"completely"
]
],
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"(South Africa, Australia, slang) very, completely (especially in reference to drunkenness)"
],
"tags": [
"Australia",
"South-Africa",
"slang"
]
}
],
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"audio": "en-au-motherless.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b1/En-au-motherless.ogg/En-au-motherless.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/En-au-motherless.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "motherless"
}
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