jawfaln

Adjective

jawfallen (comparative more jawfallen, superlative most jawfallen)

1. (archaic) Dejected, dispirited.
   • He was pitifully jawfallen. As the guards jogged him out of the room he waved me a farewell.1897, George Morgan, John Littlejohn, of J.: Being in Particular an Account of ..., page 106

   Synonyms:

   miserable, unhappy, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited, blue, bummed out, chapfallen, cheerless

2. (obsolete) Having a "fallen" or locked jaw (and hence sometimes unable to speak), variously attributed to dejection (the previous sense) or lockjaw.
   • Legion is a yelping Cur, he only made a noise behind their Backs, but durst not look them in the Face. Indeed then he did make a slip, or broke his Halter, but now he's Chain'd or Jawfallen, for I han't heard of him never since.1703, A voyage to the Antipodes, a simile, in a dialogue..., page 16