lorn

[ lawrn ]

/ lɔrn /

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adjective

forsaken, desolate, bereft, or forlorn.

Archaic. lost, ruined, or undone.

Words related to lorn

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

Words nearby lorn

lorikeet, lorimer, lorin, loring, loris, lorn, lorna, lorne, lorrain, lorraine, lorraine cross

Origin of lorn

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

OTHER WORDS FROM lorn

lorn·ness, noun

Definition for lorn (2 of 2)

Lorne

or Lorn

[ lawrn ]

/ lɔrn /

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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Examples from the Web for lorn

Lorn held the loch in his boats, and ambushed a party on the ridge commanding the pass.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
Thus in 1717, special mention is made of a fatal bloody flux in Lorn, Argyllshire.
A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2)|Charles Creighton
Knowing he was unfriendly to his near neighbors, the Lords of Lorn, the king trusted he should find in him a powerful ally.
The Days of Bruce Vol 1|Grace Aguilar
Sometimes in the spring of the year the winds from Lorn have it their own way with the Highlands.
The Lost Pibroch|Neil Munro

The issue could not be doubtful, though Lord Lorn made every exertion in his behalf.
Letters of Samuel Rutherford|Samuel Rutherford

British Dictionary definitions for lorn

lorn

/ (lɔːn) /

adjective

poetic forsaken or wretched

Derived forms of lorn

lornness, noun

Word Origin for lorn

Old English loren, past participle of -lēosan to lose

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