orbus — meaning in English

English meaning

• bereft adj Left in a state of grief or emptiness after a painful loss.
• orphan noun A child whose parents have both died (or, more loosely, abandoned them).

Senses

orbus is used for these senses in English:

• orphan A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.

bereft — full definition

1. adj Left in a state of grief or emptiness after a painful loss.
2. adj Completely lacking something; stripped of it.

orphan — full definition

1. noun A child whose parents have both died (or, more loosely, abandoned them).
2. verb To leave a child without parents, usually through death.
3. noun Something left without the support, source, or connection it depended on.

Related Latin words