forlornnessn.
/fəˈlɔːnnəs/, U.S. /fərˈlɔr(n)nəs/ The state of being forlorn (see the adjective).
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > [noun]
forlornnessc825
unhope?c1225
wanhope1297
speir13..
wantrokingc1350
mishopea1400
desperacy1629
Slough of Despond1776
hopelessness1853
unhopefulness1868
society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [noun] > state of being left alone or forlorn
forletnessa1300
desolation1598
desolatenessa1626
desertion1751
forlornness1850
desertedness1866
forlornitya1870
c825 Vesp. Psalter lxxxvii. 12 In forlorenisse [L. in perditione].
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 87 Of hareforlurenesse þe duden him to deaðe.
1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 160/2 Albeit there be at this day an horrible forlornenesse, so that it may well seeme that we are verie miserable creatures.
1668 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) ii. xv. 135 The forlornness and desolateness of that forsaken Habitacle, the Body of a natural Fool.
1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. ii. 52 Adeline felt the forlornness of her condition with energy.
1850 L. Hunt Autobiogr. ii. xvii. 265 The beautiful vegetation immediately about it..completes this look of forlornness.
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