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worn

adj
/wɔːn/UK/wɔɹn/US/wo(ː)ɹn/

Etymology

By analogy to past participles like torn from tear and sworn from swear.

Definitions

  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.

  2. Worn out

    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.

  3. past participle of wear

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at worn. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01worn02shabby03stingy04insufficient05needs06followed07follow08direction09guidance10path

A definitional loop anchored at worn. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at worn

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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