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forworn

/fə(ɹ)ˈwɔː(ɹ)n/

forworn adjective: worn-out. Also the past participle of forwear.

Adjective

forworn (comparative more forworn, superlative most forworn)

  1. (archaic, rare) worn-out
    • A silly man, in simple weeds forworn1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  2. (archaic, rare) exhausted
  3. (archaic, rare) decayed

Also used as

forworn is also the past participle of forwear.

Synonyms of forworn

Forms of forworn

comparativemore forworn
superlativemost forworn
alternative formforeworn

Origin of forworn

Past participle of forwear (“to wear out”), from Middle English forweren (“to wear out”), equivalent to for- + worn. Compare Middle English forwerd, forwered (“forworn”), Old English forwered, forwerod, forweren, forweoron, forworen (“worn out, decrepit”).

Questions about forworn

What does forworn mean?
Forworn means worn-out.
What part of speech is forworn?
Forworn is an adjective.
How do you pronounce forworn?
Forworn is pronounced /fə(ɹ)ˈwɔː(ɹ)n/.

Words near forworn in the dictionary

  1. forwonders
  2. forwork
  3. forworked
  4. forworking
  5. forworks
  6. forworn
  7. forworship
  8. forworth
  9. forwound
  10. forwounded
  11. forwounding

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