lorn
Americanadjective
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forsaken, desolate, bereft, or forlorn.
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Archaic. lost, ruined, or undone.
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of lorn
1250–1300; Middle English; Old English loren, past participle of -lēosan to lose (recorded in compounds)
Example Sentences
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It was important to speak about Juneteenth during the service, the Rev. Lorn Snow told a reporter.
From Washington Times • Jun. 20, 2023
It was important to speak about Juneteenth during Sunday Mass, the Rev. Lorn Snow told a reporter as the service was ending.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 18, 2023
Creel fisherman Lorn MacRae came across the Arctic animal hauled out on rocks at the Treshnish Isles on Monday.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2023
He befriended faculty, seeking out the handful of professors at the school whose fire burned as his did, including Voelkel, a young politics professor named Lorn Foster, and Koblik.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2021
Lorn and lost are cognate words, the former being common in the compound forlorn: see note, l.
From Milton's Comus by Bell, William
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