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forlornness|fəˈlɔːnnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The state of being forlorn (see the adj.).
c825Vesp. Psalter lxxxvii. 12 In forlorenisse [Vulg. in perditione]. a1225Ancr. R. 110 Vor hore uorlorennesse þet drowen him to deaðe. 1579Tomson Calvin's Serm. Tim. 160/2 Albeit there be at this day an horrible forlornenesse, so that it may well seeme that we are verie miserable creatures. 1668H. More Div. Dial. ii. xv. (1713) 135 The forlornness and desolateness of that forsaken Habitacle, the Body of a natural Fool. 1791Mrs. Radcliffe Rom. Forest ii, Adeline felt the forlornness of her condition with energy. 1850L. Hunt Autobiog. ii. xvii. 265 The beautiful vegetation immediately about it..completes this look of forlornness. |