English Explanatory Dictionary

lorn

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Doomed; lost.
  2. Abandoned, forlorn, lonely.
verb
  1. past participle of lese.
name
  1. A suburb of Newcastle in the Maitland council area, New South Wales, Australia.

Pronunciation

/lɔːn/ /lɔɹn/ En-au-lorn.ogg

Word forms

lorn more lorn most lorn

Etymology

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.

Derived words

forlorn lasslorn lornly lornness lovelorn
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