имя существительное 1) беспризорный ребёнок; бездомный человек; бродяга Синоним(ы): foundling, stray, ragamuffin, gamin, gamine, guttersnipe, tatterdemalion, mudlark 2) никому не принадлежащая, брошеная вещь; бесхозное имущество 3) заблудившееся домашнее животное 4) (случайная) находка
I. noun Etymology: Middle English weif, waif, from Anglo-French, from waif, adjective, stray, unclaimed, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse veif something flapping, veifa to be in movement — more at wipe 1. a. a piece of property found (as washed up by the sea) but unclaimed b. plural stolen goods thrown away by a thief in flight 2. a. something found without an owner and especially by chance b. a stray person or animal; especially a homeless child • waifish adjective • waiflike adjective II. noun Etymology: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse veif something flapping waft 4