lornadj.

Brit.

/lɔːn/, U.S.

/lɔrn/

Etymology: past participle of leese v.¹

†1. Lost, perished, ruined; doomed to destruction. Obsolete.For early instances of predicative use, see leese v.¹

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > destroyed

forwroughta1325

lorna1400

destroyedc1440

perishedc1440

shentc1440

defeatc1540

spiltc1540

dissolved?1541

interempt1561

baned1568

mischievedc1570

defeated1578

ruined1585

downcast1592

gone1598

collapsed1610

to take up for hawks' meat1612

naughta1616

blasted1747

wreckeda1821

butchered1839

fucked-up1863

kaput1895

piled-up1906

shambled1940

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22080 Al þat birth þat þar es born Be wick, and fals, and felun lorn.

a1400–50 Alexander 5 Sayntis, Þat lete þer lifis be lorne for oure lordis sake.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. vi. 9 O, stanch ȝour wraith for schame, or all is lorn!

?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter lxxxvii. 241 Hierusalem: most fortunate, To nurse both Iewe: and gentile lorne.

1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel i. xxiii. 24 If thou readest thou art lorn! Better hadst thou ne'er been born!

2. Abandoned, left alone; bereft of; lonely, desolate, wretched; = forlorn adj. 4, 5.

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

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [adjective] > left alone

outcasta1325

desolatec1386

lornc1475

destitute1530

widoweda1586

destituteda1680

marooned1883

waif-like1924

waifish1936

c1475 Partenay 3885 Raymound, out fro wit for wo almoste lorn.

1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Induct. lxxvii With gastly lookes as one in maner lorne.

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Jan. 62 I..am forlorne, (alas! why am I lorne?).

1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist i. i. 57 If any thing excuse Iehosophat or Hezechias for suffering the Idolatrous Temples..it was because they were lorne, forlorne.

1749 W. Collins Ode Death Thomson viii. 7 Lorn Stream, whose sullen Tide No sedge-crown'd Sisters now attend.

?1793 S. T. Coleridge Lines Beautiful Spring 18 The rustic..Whistling lorn ditties leans upon his crook.

1817 T. Moore Lalla Rookh 77 That sky Hath nought beneath it half so lorn as I.

1820 J. Keats Hyperion: a Fragm. i, in Lamia & Other Poems 152 Space starr'd, and lorn of light.

a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 363 When lorn lovers sit and droop.

1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta II. xxxvii. 121 She might be despised by my lord's circle, and left lone and lorn.

Derivatives

ˈlornness n. forlornness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [noun]

desperationc1366

desperateness1667

hopelessness1808

lornness1866

1866 London Rev. 28 Apr. 470/2 The very lornness of his condition won for him their tender consideration.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lorn
释义	lornadj. Brit. /lɔːn/, U.S. /lɔrn/ Etymology: past participle of leese v.¹ †1. Lost, perished, ruined; doomed to destruction. Obsolete.For early instances of predicative use, see leese v.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > destroyed forwroughta1325 lorna1400 destroyedc1440 perishedc1440 shentc1440 defeatc1540 spiltc1540 dissolved?1541 interempt1561 baned1568 mischievedc1570 defeated1578 ruined1585 downcast1592 gone1598 collapsed1610 to take up for hawks' meat1612 naughta1616 blasted1747 wreckeda1821 butchered1839 fucked-up1863 kaput1895 piled-up1906 shambled1940 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22080 Al þat birth þat þar es born Be wick, and fals, and felun lorn. a1400–50 Alexander 5 Sayntis, Þat lete þer lifis be lorne for oure lordis sake. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. vi. 9 O, stanch ȝour wraith for schame, or all is lorn! ?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter lxxxvii. 241 Hierusalem: most fortunate, To nurse both Iewe: and gentile lorne. 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel i. xxiii. 24 If thou readest thou art lorn! Better hadst thou ne'er been born! 2. Abandoned, left alone; bereft of; lonely, desolate, wretched; = forlorn adj. 4, 5. 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 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [adjective] > left alone outcasta1325 desolatec1386 lornc1475 destitute1530 widoweda1586 destituteda1680 marooned1883 waif-like1924 waifish1936 c1475 Partenay 3885 Raymound, out fro wit for wo almoste lorn. 1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Induct. lxxvii With gastly lookes as one in maner lorne. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Jan. 62 I..am forlorne, (alas! why am I lorne?). 1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist i. i. 57 If any thing excuse Iehosophat or Hezechias for suffering the Idolatrous Temples..it was because they were lorne, forlorne. 1749 W. Collins Ode Death Thomson viii. 7 Lorn Stream, whose sullen Tide No sedge-crown'd Sisters now attend. ?1793 S. T. Coleridge Lines Beautiful Spring 18 The rustic..Whistling lorn ditties leans upon his crook. 1817 T. Moore Lalla Rookh 77 That sky Hath nought beneath it half so lorn as I. 1820 J. Keats Hyperion: a Fragm. i, in Lamia & Other Poems 152 Space starr'd, and lorn of light. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 363 When lorn lovers sit and droop. 1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta II. xxxvii. 121 She might be despised by my lord's circle, and left lone and lorn. Derivatives ˈlornness n. forlornness. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [noun] desperationc1366 desperateness1667 hopelessness1808 lornness1866 1866 London Rev. 28 Apr. 470/2 The very lornness of his condition won for him their tender consideration. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1400
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