Forlorn Definition
(obsolete) Past participle of forlese.
Other Word Forms of Forlorn
Adjective
Origin of Forlorn
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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 Dutch verloren (“lost”), German verloren (“lost”), Swedish förlorad (“lost”). More at lese/leese, lorn.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English forloren past participle of forlesen to abandon from Old English forlēosan leu- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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