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lorn.

Doomed; lost.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/lɔːn/Received-Pronunciation/lɔɹn/General-American
  1. Doomed; lost.

    obsolete
  2. Abandoned, forlorn, lonely.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

From Middle English lorn, loren, ilorn, iloren (past participle of lese, lesen (“to lose, be deprived of; to damn, doom to perdition”)), from Old English *loren, *ġeloren, from Proto-Germanic *galuzanaz, *luzanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *leusaną (“to lose”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“to cut, sever; to separate; to loosen; to lose”). See further at lese.

verb/lɔːn/Received-Pronunciation/lɔɹn/General-American
  1. past participle of lese.

    form-of · obsolete · participle · past
Where this word comes from

From Middle English lorn, loren, ilorn, iloren (past participle of lese, lesen (“to lose, be deprived of; to damn, doom to perdition”)), from Old English *loren, *ġeloren, from Proto-Germanic *galuzanaz, *luzanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *leusaną (“to lose”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“to cut, sever; to separate; to loosen; to lose”). See further at lese.

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