Complex sentence: Waif literally means a homeless, forsaken or orphaned child, similar to a ragamuffin or urchin but in recent popular culture the term has been used to described a very thin (almost unhealthily thin) looking person, usually a woman.
Split into simpler sentences: Waif literally means a homeless, forsaken or orphaned child, similar to a ragamuffin or urchin. In recent popular culture, the term has been used to described a very (almost unhealthily) thin person, usually a woman.