"wayside" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Middle English waye syde, equivalent to way + side. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|waye syde}} Middle English waye syde, {{af|en|way|side}} way + side Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} wayside (not comparable)
  1. Situated near the side of a road or path. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Roads Translations (situated near the side of a road): ἐνόδιος (enódios) (Ancient Greek), крайпътен (krajpǎten) (Bulgarian), Wegrand [masculine] (German), przydrożny (Polish)
    Sense id: en-wayside-en-adj-T1YXTpxX Disambiguation of Roads: 42 41 17

Noun

Forms: waysides [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English waye syde, equivalent to way + side. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|waye syde}} Middle English waye syde, {{af|en|way|side}} way + side Head templates: {{en-noun}} wayside (plural waysides)
  1. The side of a road or path. Categories (topical): Roads
    Sense id: en-wayside-en-noun-MJWTvVmR Disambiguation of Roads: 42 41 17
  2. A rest area. Categories (topical): Roads
    Sense id: en-wayside-en-noun-PFaLZIfY Disambiguation of Roads: 42 41 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 3 88 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 3 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fall by the wayside, go by the wayside, wayside pulpit

Inflected forms

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