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orphaned, a.|ˈɔːfənd|
[f. orphan n. or v. + -ed.]
1. a. Made or left an orphan; bereaved.
1631Celestina xx. 195, I, even this very day, have left many servants orphaned, and quite destitute of a master. 1757E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances (1767) II. 134 He is orphan'd both of father and mother. 1827Praed Arminius vii, The sobs of orphaned infancy. 1874Dixon Two Queens III. 64 To save the orphaned girl from trouble.
b. fig. Bereaved, destitute and unprotected.
a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Poems Wks. (1711) 46 Religion orphan'd waileth o're thy urn. 1827Keble Chr. Y. 3rd Sund. Lent, The orphan'd realm threw wide her gates. 1898W. K. Johnson Terra Tenebr. 148 Ye shall not long live orphaned of the light!
2. transf. Of or pertaining to an orphan.
1799Sheridan Pizarro ii. iv, To dry the widowed and the orphaned tear of those Whose brave protectors have perished in their country's cause. 1882Mrs. Raven's Temptation III. 43 Could he presume on Alice's orphaned loneliness.
3. slang. Of a motor vehicle: discontinued as a model. Cf. orphan n. 2 b.
1920F. B. Scholl Automobile Owner's Guide 3 Orphaned cars may run as well..as anybody could ask for, but when a company fails or discontinues to manufacture a model, the car immediately loses from one-third to one-half of its natural value. |