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lasslorn

adj

Etymology

From lass + lorn.

  1. derived from *lewH-✻ — “to cut, sever; to separate; to loosen; to lose”
  2. derived from *leusaną✻ — “to lose”
  3. inherited from *galuzanaz✻
  4. inherited from *loren✻
  5. inherited from lorn
  6. compounded as lasslorn — “lass + lorn”

Definitions

  1. Forsaken by one's lass or mistress.

    • […] thy broome-groues; Whose shadow the dismissed Batchelor loues, Being lasse-lorne:
    • I suspect Lord Hervey to have been a handsome man, and a favourite with the ladies—perhaps a beau garçon;—keen aggravations of an offence in the eyes of the ugly, the diminutive, the lass-lorn, and the unfashionable.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA