forren
forren is the obsolete form of foreign.
Meaning of foreign
Adjective
foreign (comparative more foreign, superlative most foreign)
- Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.
- foreign markets; foreign soil
- Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.
- foreign car; foreign word; foreign citizen; foreign trade
- Relating to a different nation.
- foreign policy; foreign navies
- Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.
- foreign body; foreign substance; foreign gene; foreign species
- Alien; strange; uncharacteristic.
- It was completely foreign to their way of thinking.
- Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.
- Kept him a foreign man still; which so grieved him, / That he ran mad and died.1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio)...
Forms of forren
| comparative | more forren |
|---|---|
| superlative | most forren |
Questions about forren
- What is forren the obsolete form of?
- Forren is the obsolete form of foreign.
Words near forren in the dictionary
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