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waylaid

/ˌweɪˈleɪd/

Rhymes with -eɪd

verb waylayed

participle, past simple past and past participle of waylay I have a jest to execute that I cannot manage alone. Falstaff, Bardolph, Peto, and Gadshill shall rob those men that we have already 'waylaid – yourself and I will not be there. And when they have the booty, if you and I do not rob them – cut this head off from my shoulders.

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@misc{waylaid_2026,
  title = {waylaid},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/waylaid},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}