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

"Due to his crash he suffered injuries, most likely bone and ligament damage in particular to his right knee and also right wrist," said team doctor Lorenz Emmert.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 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

“It struck me as one of the most brilliant ideas I’d ever heard, of what it would be like to be Lorenz Hart at that opening night party,” Hawke recalls.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

She couldn’t wake Lorenz by whining or scratching the door—her usual way of asking.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall