Definitions
Person whose spouse has died and who has not remarried.
Word origin
From Middle English widow, from Old English widuwe (“widow”), from Proto-West Germanic *widuwā (“widow”), from Proto-Germanic *widuwǭ (“widow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂ (“widow”), possibly from *h₁weydʰh₁-, *widʰ- (“to separate, split, cleave, divide”), whence also wood from Old English widu, wudu.
Used in a sentence
“My aunt is a football widow in the fall and a basketball widow in the winter and early spring.”
“I had been feeling like a bowling-alley widow, but knew he loved the game, so I suggested we join a mixed league.”
“And how many betting widows do I see at the hospital, who hardly see their husbands while the betting shops are open!”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Surviving spouse”5 letters
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