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Cosa (chi) è WAIF - definizione

A YOUNG PERSON WHO IS THIN AND LOOKS UNHEALTHY OR UNCARED FOR.

waif

RADIO STATION IN CINCINNATI, OHIO

(waifs)

If you refer to a child or young woman as a waif, you mean that they are very thin and look as if they have nowhere to live.

...a dirty-faced waif of some five or six years...

N-COUNT

Waif

RADIO STATION IN CINCINNATI, OHIO

·noun A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child.

II. Waif ·noun Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which comes along, as it were, by chance.

III. Waif ·noun Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice.

waif

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¦ noun a homeless and helpless person, especially a neglected or abandoned child.

?a person who appears thin or poorly nourished.

Derivatives

waifish adjective

waiflike adjective

Word History

Waif comes from Old Northern French gaif, which was probably from a Scandinavian root meaning 'something loose or wandering'. In medieval English it was a legal term used in the phrase waif and stray to refer to an unclaimed item of property or a stray animal. By the late 18th century waif had assumed its modern meaning. The verb waive is related to waif: it comes from Old French gaiver 'allow to become a waif, abandon', and was originally a legal term.

Wikipedia

Waif

A waif (from the Old French guaif, "stray beast") is a person removed, by hardship, loss or other helpless circumstance, from their original surroundings. The most common usage of the word is to designate a homeless, forsaken or orphaned child, or someone whose appearance is evocative of the same.

As such, the term is similar to a ragamuffin or street urchin, although the main distinction is volitional: a runaway youth might live on the streets, but would not properly be called a waif as the departure from one's home was an exercise of free will. Likewise, a person fleeing their home for purposes of safety (as in response to political oppression or natural disaster), is typically considered not a waif but a refugee.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waif

Esempi dal corpus di testo per WAIF

1. Lovely, waif–like daughter Sophie has a job in advertising and a bachelorette pad in London.

2. Healthier÷ Curvy women Voluptuous women are healthier than their waif–like counterparts, scientific research has found.

3. Without the haunting, waif–like angelic countenance that first bewitched the world when she was 15, she would be nothing.

4. They are the ones who have cynically exploited the pathetic and self–destructive lifestyle that the phrase heroin waif implies.

5. Her waif–like proportions were clear for all to see in a flimsy grey dress which revealed her fragile physique.