lorn

[lawrn]

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adjective

forsaken, desolate, bereft, or forlorn.

Archaic. lost, ruined, or undone.

Origin of lorn

1250–1300; Middle English; Old English loren, past participle of -lēosan to lose (recorded in compounds)

Related formslorn·ness, noun

Lorne

or Lorn

[lawrn]

noun

Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.

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Related Words for lorn

abandoned, alone, apart, comfortless, deserted, desolate, destitute, disconsolate, down, empty, forlorn, forsaken, godforsaken, homeless, isolated, left, lone, lonesome, outcast, reclusive

Examples from the Web for lorn

Historical Examples of lorn

But the corries of Lorn; black night on them, and the rain rot!
John Splendid
Neil Munro
I'm a lone, lorn grass-widow, dear, but I will not sleep in my stays.
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
Rudyard Kipling
John at once noticed her lorn, abstracted looks, pitied her,—how much he pitied her!
The Trumpet-Major
Thomas Hardy
She learned it from a servant in Lorn, who sung to her when she was a girl.
The Celtic Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1, November 1875
Various
The other was founder of the family of the MacDougalls of Lorn.
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 4 (of 10)
John Gibson Lockhart.

British Dictionary definitions for lorn

lorn

adjective

poetic forsaken or wretched

Derived Formslornness, noun

Word Origin for lorn

Old English loren, past participle of -lēosan to lose

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Word Origin and History for lorn

adj.

(archaic) c.1300, "lost, ruined," from Old English loren, past participle of leosan "to lose" (see lose). Meaning "abandoned, left alone" is from late 15c. Cf. forlorn.