Lorenz

American  

[lawr-uhnz, lohr-, loh-rents] / ˈlɔr ənz, ˈloʊr-, ˈloʊ rɛnts /

noun

1. Adolf 1854–1946, Austrian orthopedic surgeon.

2. Konrad (Zacharias) 1903–1989, Austrian ethologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1973.

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Lorenz British  

/ ˈloːrɛnts /

noun

1. Konrad Zacharias (ˈkɔnraːt tsaxaˈriːas) 1903–89, Austrian zoologist, who founded ethology. His works include On Aggression (1966): shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1973

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Example Sentences

Educational AI, he told journalist Taylor Lorenz, generated “false information” or “illogical questions, illogical texts.”

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026

He stars in Blue Moon - a character study of Lorenz Hart, a formerly successful songwriter struggling with the huge hit his former partner Richard Rogers is having with the musical Oklahoma!

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

"This study provides an atomistic-level explanation of how disordered proteins assemble into highly ordered, high-performance structures," Lorenz said.

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2026

In the film, Hawke plays lyricist Lorenz Hart, who wrote the sharp, witty words to such standards as “My Funny Valentine” and “Blue Moon.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

What did the domestic duck do that he, Lorenz, didn’t?

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall