vidual

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English

Etymology

From Latin vidualis, from vidua (a widow), from viduus (widowed). See widow.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪdjuəl/, /ˈvɪd͡ʒuəl/

Adjective

vidual (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Relating to the state of a widow; widowed.
    • 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. , 2nd edition, London: Francis Ashe , →OCLC:
      vidual chastity

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for vidual”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)