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lorn

[lawrn] Pronunciation Key

–adjective

1.	forsaken, desolate, bereft, or forlorn.

2.	Archaic. lost, ruined, or undone.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME; OE loren, ptp. of -léosan to lose (recorded in compounds)

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—Related forms

lornness, noun

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Lorne [lawrn] Pronunciation Key

–noun

Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.

Also, Lorn.

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lorn (lôrn) Pronunciation Key
adj. Bereft; forlorn.

[Middle English, from Old English -loren, past participle of -lēosan, to lose (as in forlēosan, to lose); see leu- in Indo-European roots.]

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Lorne also Lorn (lôrn) Pronunciation Key
An inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the western coast of Scotland between Mull Island and the mainland.

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lorn

"lost, ruined" (archaic), c.1300, from O.E. loren, pp. of leosan "to lose" (see lose).

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Lorn

Lorn\, a. [Strong p. p. of Lose. See Lose, Forlorn.]

1. Lost; undone; ruined. [Archaic]

If thou readest, thou art lorn. --Sir W. Scott.