Word of the Day for Saturday January 22, 2005
forlorn \fur-LORN; for-\, adjective:
1. Sad and lonely because deserted, abandoned, or lost.
2. Bereft; forsaken.
3. Wretched or pitiful in appearance or condition.
4. Almost hopeless; desperate.
Henry had felt guilty at abandoning his sister; he had
married not once but twice, leaving Rose forlorn.
--Anita Brookner, [1]Visitors
In these forlorn regions of unknowable dreary space, this
reservoir of frost and snow, where firm fields of ice, the
accumulation of centuries of winters, glazed in Alpine
heights above heights, surround the pole, and concentre the
multiplied rigours of extreme cold.
--Francis Spufford, [2]I May Be Some Time: Ice and the
English Imagination
Bloch remembers that Stephen was a member of the Milk
Squad, comprised of children who were considered to need
extra nutrition, and early photographs do show him as one
of the smaller boys, in the front row, looking forlorn.
--Meryle Secrest, [3]Stephen Sondheim: A Life
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Forlorn comes from Old English forleosan, "to abandon," from
for- + leosan, "to lose."
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forlorn \fur-LORN; for-\, adjective:
1. Sad and lonely because deserted, abandoned, or lost.
2. Bereft; forsaken.
3. Wretched or pitiful in appearance or condition.
4. Almost hopeless; desperate.
Henry had felt guilty at abandoning his sister; he had
married not once but twice, leaving Rose forlorn.
--Anita Brookner, [1]Visitors
In these forlorn regions of unknowable dreary space, this
reservoir of frost and snow, where firm fields of ice, the
accumulation of centuries of winters, glazed in Alpine
heights above heights, surround the pole, and concentre the
multiplied rigours of extreme cold.
--Francis Spufford, [2]I May Be Some Time: Ice and the
English Imagination
Bloch remembers that Stephen was a member of the Milk
Squad, comprised of children who were considered to need
extra nutrition, and early photographs do show him as one
of the smaller boys, in the front row, looking forlorn.
--Meryle Secrest, [3]Stephen Sondheim: A Life
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Forlorn comes from Old English forleosan, "to abandon," from
for- + leosan, "to lose."
www.dictionary.com
