Pitifully sad and lonely

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-12c., forloren "disgraced, depraved," past participle of obsolete forlesan "be deprived of, lose, abandon," from Old English forleosan "to lose, abandon, let go; destroy, ruin," from for- "completely" + leosan "to lose" (see lose ). In the Mercian hymns, ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. pitiable in circumstances especially through abandonment; "desolate and despairing"; "left forlorn" [syn: desolate , godforsaken , lorn ] marked by or showing hopelessness; "the last forlorn attempt"; "a forlorn cause"

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Forlese \For*lese"\, v. t. [p. p. Forlore , Forlorn .] [OE. forlesen. See Forlorn .] To lose utterly. [Obs.] --haucer.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
1 abandoned, left behind, deserted. 2 miserable, as when lonely being abandoned. v (context obsolete English) (past participle of forlese English)

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