Wivesless

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Without wives. not-comparable, rare

    "They were, of course, really not out on the town in the true sense of the word but they found themselves wivesless and didn’t know what to do and didn’t want to stay home and merely watch TV and so they got together and had dinner and then drove around."

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"They were, of course, really not out on the town in the true sense of the word but they found themselves wivesless and didn’t know what to do and didn’t want to stay home and merely watch TV and so they got together and had dinner and then drove around."

Etymology

From wives + -less.

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