wayside

English

Etymology

From Middle English waye syde, equivalent to way +‎ side.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈweɪsaɪd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

wayside (plural waysides)

1. The side of a road or path.

   Many wild flowers grew on the wayside.

2. A rest area.

Derived terms

• fall by the wayside
• go by the wayside
• wayside cross
• wayside pulpit

Adjective

wayside (not comparable)

1. Situated near the side of a road or path.

   We stopped at a wayside pub.

   • 1957 August, H. P. White, “The Tonbridge-Hastings Line and its Traffic”, in Railway Magazine, page 529:

     Many of the wayside stations have staggered platforms, a common arrangement on the S.E.R.

Translations

situated near the side of a road

Bulgarian: крайпътен (krajpǎten) German: Wegrand (de) m Greek: Ancient: ἐνόδιος (enódios) Polish: przydrożny (pl)

References

• “wayside”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• sideway