Definitions For Lorn

Adjective

(obsolete) doomed#adjective, doomed; lost#adjective, lost. (archaic) abandoned#adjective, abandoned, forlorn, lonely.

Derived terms

forlorn lasslorn lornness lovelorn

Translations

{{trans-top-also, abandoned, forlorn, lonely, forlorn}}

Etymology

{{PIE root, en, lewH}} From Middle English lorn, loren, ilorn, iloren ({{glossary, past}} {{glossary, participle}} of lese, lesen, t=to lose, be deprived of; to damn, doom to perdition),{{R:MED Online, entry=lẹ̄sen, pos=v.(4), noformat=yes, id=MED25210}} from {{inh, en, ang, loren}}, ġeloren, from {{inh, en, gem-pro, galuzanaz}}, *luzanaz, past participle of {{der, en, gem-pro, *leusaną, t=to lose}}, ultimately from {{der, en, ine-pro, *lewH-, t=to cut, sever; to separate; to loosen; to lose}}. See further at lese.

Anagrams

ORNL

Is Lorn a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
4
Words with Friends
6

The word Lorn is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Lorn in a Sentence

  • lorn beyond all description, the widow struggled to cope with her crushing grief

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