lorn

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lorn^¹

/lɔːn/ UK
/lɔɹn/ US

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)n

Where it 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.

adjective more lorn · most lorn

obsolete Doomed; lost.
archaic Abandoned, forlorn, lonely. I loue thilke laſſe, (alas why do I loue:) / And am forlorne, (alas why am I lorne:) / Shee deignes not my good will, but doth reproue, / And of my rurall muſick holdeth ſcorne.

verb

obsolete, participle, past past participle of lese

Lorn^²

proper noun

A suburb of Newcastle in the Maitland council area, New South Wales, Australia.

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@misc{lorn_2026,
  title = {lorn},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lorn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}