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Webster 1913 Edition

Forlornness

For-lorn′ness

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Noun.
State of being forlorn.
Boyle.

Webster 1828 Edition

Forlornness

FORLORN'NESS

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Noun.
Destitution; misery; a forsaken or wretched condition.

Definition 2024

forlornness

forlornness

English

Noun

forlornness ‎(usually uncountable, plural forlornnesses)

  1. The state or characteristic of being forlorn; sadness; loneliness.

Etymology

From Middle English forlorennesse, from Old English forlorenes ‎(“state of being forlorn, perdition, destruction”), equivalent to forlorn +‎ -ness.

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