adj
Meaning 1
Doomed; lost.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
lorn
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /lɔːn/
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General-American: /lɔɹn/
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)n
adj
Meaning 2
Abandoned, forlorn, lonely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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name
Meaning 3
A suburb of Newcastle in the Maitland council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 4
past participle of lese.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
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History
Etymology
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.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: ztracený — abandoned, forlorn, lonely — see also forlorn
- Polish: samotny — abandoned, forlorn, lonely — see also forlorn
- Polish: opuszczony — abandoned, forlorn, lonely — see also forlorn
- Polish: zagubiony — abandoned, forlorn, lonely — see also forlorn