Lorn

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɔːn/

Origin

Past participle of lese.

Full definition of lorn

Adjective

1. (obsolete) lost, doomed
2. (archaic) abandoned, lonely, forlorn
• 1874, James Thomson (B.V.), , XIXThe mighty river flowing dark and deep, (...)Is named the River of the Suicides;For night by night some lorn wretch overweary,(...)Within its cold secure oblivion hides.
• 1963: He never found his beloved machine gun. Lorn and drained-nervous, he was fired next day. — Thomas Pynchon, V.

Derived terms

• lorness
• lovelorn

Anagrams

• ORNL