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waylay

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˌweɪˈleɪ/Part of speech verbSorted aalwyyStarts with WEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. wait in hiding to attack

Word origin

From way + lay, likely a calque of Middle Dutch wegelagen (“besetting of ways, lying in wait with evil or hostile intent along public ways”). Compare Middle Low German wegelagen, German wegelagern (“to waylay; rob”).

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