Etymology and Literary History of Bereft

It's the Word of the Day podcast for june thirtieth I started Ornaaut in twenty thirteen and we make bike apparel. The best part of Shopify for me is our ability to run the business as essentially non technical people. We're able to admin everything on the back end, front end, and sell things online easily. If Shopify were a bike accessory, I think it would actually be the bicycle It's the thing that you do the thing on. We run the business on Shopify. Start your free trial on shhopify. com Today's word is bereft spelled B E R E F T. bereft is an adjective. To bereft is to be deprived or robbed of something, or to lack something that you need, want, or expect Bereft is also used as a synonym of the word bereaved Here's the word used in a sentence from the Daily Gazette of Schennectity This morning, when I was going out to play in the gardens, I went to put on my favorite baseball cap since the sun was hot, and being bereft of my own natural covering, I wished to avoid a sun scorched scalp In old English, the verb Biraffian meant to deprive of something The modern equivalent and descendant of Barafheon is beerereave A verb used to say that one has deprived or stripped someone of something often suddenly and unexpectedly, and sometimes by force Bereft comes from the past participle of bereave Shakespeare uses the participle in the Merchant of Venice, when Bassanio tells Portia Madam, you have bereft me of all words