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forworn

  • /fə(ɹ)ˈwɔː(ɹ)n/
  • /fɔː(ɹ)ˈwɔː(ɹ)n/

Sounds like foreworn, forewarn, forwarn

Where it comes from

Past participle of forwear (“to wear out”), from Middle English forweren (“to wear out”), equivalent to for- + worn. Compare Middle English forwerd, forwered (“forworn”), Old English forwered, forwerod, forweren, forweoron, forworen (“worn out, decrepit”).

adjective more forworn · most forworn · foreworn

  1. archaic, rare worn-out A silly man, in simple weeds forworn
  2. archaic, rare exhausted
  3. archaic, rare decayed

Similar: depleted

verb foreworn

  1. participle, past past participle of forwear

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"forworn." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/forworn. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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forworn. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/forworn

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"forworn." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/forworn.

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@misc{forworn_2026,
  title = {forworn},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/forworn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}