lorn

[ lawrn ]

adjective

1. forsaken, desolate, bereft, or forlorn.
2. Archaic. lost, ruined, or undone.

lorn

/ lɔːn /

adjective

1. poetic.
   forsaken or wretched

Derived Forms

• ˈlornness, noun

Other Words From

• lornness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of lorn¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of lorn¹

Old English loren, past participle of -lēosan to lose

Example Sentences

But worst of all, Hephzibah Wallis distinctly sulked; no other word will express the condition of that love-lorn maid.

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You speak sooth, returned Aya, the moon is a love-lorn lady; but have you seen her faint sister who is sadder and fairer than she?

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"'And love-lorn,'" interposed Lawless in a sharp, quick tone.

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She learned it from a servant in Lorn, who sung to her when she was a girl.

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Peers like child yer is too sweet and pretty to live allus by yer lone, lorn self.

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