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lornest

lornest is the superlative form of lorn.

Meaning of lorn

Adjective

lorn (comparative more lorn, superlative most lorn)

  1. (obsolete) Doomed; lost.
  2. (archaic) Abandoned, forlorn, lonely.
    • I loue thilke laſſe, (alas why do I loue:) / And am forlorne, (alas why am I lorne:) / Shee deignes not my good will, but doth reproue, / And of my rurall muſick holdeth ſcorne.1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Ianuarie. Aegloga Prima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC, folio 2, recto

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Questions about lornest

What is lornest the superlative form of?
Lornest is the superlative form of lorn.

Words near lornest in the dictionary

  1. Lorne
  2. Lorne sausage
  3. Lorne sausages
  4. lorner
  5. Lornes
  6. lornest
  7. lornly
  8. lornness
  9. lornnesses
  10. lornoxicam
  11. Lorono

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