adj
lorn
Lorn (adj) means Doomed or lost.
adj
1
Doomed or lost.
2
Deserted, forsaken and lonely.
"He never found his beloved machine gun. Lorn and drained-nervous, he was fired next day."
— Thomas Pynchon, In which Benny Profane, a Schlemihl and Human Yo-yo, Gets to an Apocheir (1963)
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Etymology
This comes from Middle English lorn, loren, ilorn, iloren (the 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, the past participle of Proto-Germanic *leusaną ("to lose"), which ultimately goes back to Proto-Indo-European *lewH- ("to cut, sever; to separate; to loosen; to lose"). See further at lese.
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What is the meaning of lorn?
"lorn" (adj) means doomed or lost.
What are the different meanings of lorn?
"lorn" has 2 main meanings: 1. Doomed or lost; 2. Deserted, forsaken and lonely.
