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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

daughterless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
daugh-ter-less
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without a daughter.

Etymology

From Middle English doughterles, dowhterles, douterles, equivalent to daughter + -less. Cognate with Dutch dochterloos (“daughterless”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

daughterlessness

Questions

What does daughterless mean?
Without a daughter.
Where does daughterless come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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