lovelorn

[luhv-lawrn] Origin

love·lorn

[luhv-lawrn]
adjective
being without love; forsaken by one's lover.

Origin:
1625–35; love + lorn
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lovelorn (ˈlʌvˌlɔːn)
 
adj
miserable because of unrequited love or unhappiness in love
 
'lovelornness
 
n

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lovelorn
1630s, from love + lorn (see lose).
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