lorn

[ lawrn ]
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adjective
  1. forsaken, desolate, bereft, or forlorn.

  2. Archaic. lost, ruined, or undone.

Origin of lorn

1
1250–1300; Middle English; Old English loren, past participle of -lēosan to lose (recorded in compounds)

Other words from lorn

  • lornness, noun

Words Nearby lorn

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How to use lorn in a sentence

  • But worst of all, Hephzibah Wallis distinctly sulked; no other word will express the condition of that love-lorn maid.

  • You speak sooth, returned Aya, the moon is a love-lorn lady; but have you seen her faint sister who is sadder and fairer than she?

    Japanese Fairy Tales | Grace James
  • "'And love-lorn,'" interposed Lawless in a sharp, quick tone.

    Frank Fairlegh | Frank E. Smedley
  • She learned it from a servant in lorn, who sung to her when she was a girl.

  • Peers like child yer is too sweet and pretty to live allus by yer lone, lorn self.

    The Broken Sword | Dennison Worthington

British Dictionary definitions for lorn

lorn

/ (lɔːn) /


adjective
  1. poetic forsaken or wretched

Origin of lorn

1
Old English loren, past participle of -lēosan to lose

Derived forms of lorn

  • lornness, noun

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