fordone
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of fordone
First recorded in 1580–90; past participle of fordo
Example Sentences
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And now the demigod was merely Rudolph Musgrave again, and she was not afraid any longer, but only inexpressibly fordone.
From The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations by Cabell, James Branch
Now the hungry lion roars, And the wolf behowls the moon; Whilst the heavy ploughman snores, All with weary task fordone.
From English Songs and Ballads by Crosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson)
When Messire Gawain heareth these tidings, they touch his heart right sore, so that he goeth the straightest he may toward the assembly, and the squire with him that was sore fordone.
From The High History of the Holy Graal by Evans, Sebastian
For there, with bodily anguish keen, With Indian heats at last fordone, With public toil and private teen— Thou sank'st, alone.
From Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold by Arnold, Matthew
There, once more, rose frightful struggle; desperate attempt by the fordone Prussians to retake that Height.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 19 by Carlyle, Thomas
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