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   Wife

   /wīf/

   

   noun

   • 1. a married woman considered in relation to her spouse: "he and his wife are keen gardeners"
   • ▪ the wife of a person with a specified occupation: "a faculty wife"
   • 2. a woman, especially an old or uneducated one. archaic Scottish

   Word Origin Old Englishwīf ‘woman’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wijf and German Weib.

   Derivatives

   • 1. wifehood noun
   • 2. wifeless adjective
   • 3. wife-like adjective
   • 4. wifish adjective

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • W

     4

   • I

     1

   • F

     4

   • E

     1

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