† hopelostadj.n.
/ˈhəʊplɒst//ˈhəʊplɔːst/ Obsolete.
A. adj.
That has lost hope, despairing; lost to hope, desperate.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > [adjective]
ormodeOE
ortroweOE
aerwenec1275
wanlessa1300
desesperatc1384
despairedc1400
wanhopelyc1425
lornc1475
desperate1483
wanhope1549
hopelost1570
despairfula1586
forlorn1603
despairinga1616
hopelessa1616
unhopinga1628
lost1709
au désespoir1766
unanticipative1847
unhopeful1850
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective]
deplorate1544
deplored1559
hopeless1566
hopelost1570
insperable1623
deplorable1684
gone duck1830
1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxii. 70 Fretting with feir in Inward conscience, As hoiplost wichtis without all pacience.
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1548/2 His two gracelesse hopelost sonnes Shane and Alike Bourke.
B. n.
One who has lost hope.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > [noun] > loss of hope > one who has lost hope
hopelost1648
1648 E. Symmons Vindic. King Charles (new ed.) 148 Like a Company of poore Hope-losts..look up to that place of Honour, where erst they sat.
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adj.n.1570- to play a paw
- to play a person a pageant
- to play a person fair
- to play a person false
- to play a person for a etc
- to play a person for a fool
- to play a person for a sucker
- to play a person foul
- to play a person off the stage
- to play a prize
- to play a role
- to play a role in
- to play a straight bat
- to play a thing close to one's chest
- to play a touch
- to play abobbed
- to play abobbed with
- to play about
- to play across the line
- to play advantage
- to play along
- to play around
- to play at
- to play at ball
- to play at bo-peep