Meaning

2 senses

  1. A forlorn hope.

  2. A member of a forlorn hope.

Examples

6 sentences

  1. The place is desolate and forlorn.

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  2. That is where this forlorn son was born.

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  3. She and her uncle were sad and forlorn in their neglect and disgrace.

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  4. When the emperor read the unfounded accusations, the citizens were forlorn of all hope.

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  5. She looks sorrowful and forlorn.

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Origin

From Middle English forlorn, forloren, from Old English forloren (past participle of forlē

From Middle English forlorn, forloren, from Old English forloren (past participle of forlēosan (“to lose”)), from Proto-Germanic *fraluzanaz (“lost”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *fraleusaną (“to lose”), equivalent to for- + lorn. Cognate with West Frisian ferlern (“lost”), Saterland Frisian ferlädden (“lost”), Dutch verloren (“lost”), German Low German verloren (“lost”),

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Forms

plural: forlorns
Singularforlorn
Pluralforlorns

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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