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worne

worne is the obsolete spelling of worn.

Meaning of worn

Adjective

worn (comparative more worn, superlative most worn)

  1. Damaged and shabby as a result of much use.
    • Upon this, an unhappy-looking woman, in a sort of mourning, neat, but sadly worn, hid her face behind a meagre bundle, and was heard to sob.1857, Herman Melville, chapter XVIII, in The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade
  2. Worn out; exhausted.
    • Preëminently is the Lake District suited for the jaded and worn, who seek in solitude and amidst scenery unmoiled and unsullied by human artifice, refreshment alike of body and spirit.1889, The Wesley Naturalist, volume 2, page 143

Questions about worne

What is worne the obsolete spelling of?
Worne is the obsolete spelling of worn.

Words near worne in the dictionary

  1. worn up
  2. worn yellow stockings
  3. worn't
  4. worn-in
  5. worn-out
  6. worne
  7. Wornham
  8. wornil
  9. wornils
  10. wornness
  11. Wornum

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