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forcasten.

Felled, fallen.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj
  1. Felled, fallen.

    obsolete
  2. Cast away, rejected; neglected; not used, cast off.

    UK · archaic · dialectal
  3. Abandoned; forlorn.

    Scotland · dialectal
Where this word comes from

Originally the past participle of obsolete forcast (“to cast away”); also from Middle English forcasten, a variant of forcast (“rejected, cast away”), past participle of forcasten (“to cast away, reject”), of North Germanic origin, compare Danish forkaste (“to reject”), Swedish förkasta (“to reject”), equivalent to for- + cast.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.