"wifeless" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: From Middle English wyfles, wifles, possibly from Old English wīflēas (“wifeless”), equivalent to wife + -less. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wyfles}} Middle English wyfles, {{m|enm|wifles}} wifles, {{inh|en|ang|wīflēas|t=wifeless}} Old English wīflēas (“wifeless”), {{af|en|wife|-less}} wife + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} wifeless (not comparable)
  1. Having no wife; unmarried or celibate. Tags: not-comparable Translations (having no wife; unmarried): ἀγύναιος (agúnaios) (Ancient Greek), 𐌿𐌽𐌵𐌴𐌽𐌹𐌸𐍃 (unqēniþs) (Gothic), wyfles (Middle English), bezżenny (Polish)
    Sense id: en-wifeless-en-adj-LTOdixFk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 88 12 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 75 25 Disambiguation of 'having no wife; unmarried': 94 6
  2. Without a wife present. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-wifeless-en-adj-jv1MXFTF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wiveless [dated], wyueles [obsolete] Related terms: wivesless

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