lornest
adjective
1.
forsaken, desolate, bereft, or forlorn.
2.
Archaic. lost, ruined, or undone.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English; Old English loren, past participle of -lēosan to lose (recorded in compounds)
1250–1300; Middle English; Old English loren, past participle of -lēosan to lose (recorded in compounds)
Related forms
lorn·ness, noun
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lorn (lɔːn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| poetic forsaken or wretched | |
| [Old English loren, past participle of -lēosan to lose] | |
| 'lornness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
lorn
"lost, ruined" (archaic), c.1300, from O.E. loren, pp. of leosan "to lose" (see lose).
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