Lorn
[lɔːn] or [lɔrn]
Definition
(a.) Lost; undone; ruined.
(a.) Forsaken; abandoned; solitary; bereft; as, a lone, lorn woman.
Editor: Tracy
Definition
adj. (Spens.) lost forsaken.
Edited by Edward
Examples
- I have never know'd her to be lone and lorn, for a single minute, not even when the colony was all afore us, and we was new to it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The whole consciousness of my life lorn, my love lost, my hope quenched, my faith death-struck, swayed full and mighty above me in one sullen mass. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Like a love-lorn maiden, pale and pining for a neglectful swain? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I am a lone lorn creetur', and had much better not make myself contrary here. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I know how 'tis; I know you think that I am lone and lorn; but, deary love, 'tan't so no more! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- At last she shed tears on that subject, and said again that she was 'a lone lorn creetur' and everythink went contrary with her'. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I know that I am a lone lorn creetur', and not only that everythink goes contrary with me, but that I go contrary with everybody. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Maybe you'll write to me too, Dan'l, odd times, and tell me how you fare to feel upon your lone lorn journies. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Seek her in a little while, my lone lorn Dan'l, and that'll be but right! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- How could I expect to be wanted, being so lone and lorn, and so contrary! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Edited by Edward