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Lorn vs Lown - What's the difference?

lorn | lown |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between lorn and lown

is that lorn is (obsolete) lost, doomed while lown is (obsolete) a low fellow.

As adjectives the difference between lorn and lown

is that lorn is (obsolete) lost, doomed while lown is (scotland) peaceful, calm.

As a noun lown is

(obsolete) a low fellow.

lorn

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) lost, doomed
  • (archaic) abandoned, lonely, forlorn
  • * 1874 , , XIX
    • The mighty river flowing dark and deep, (...)
    Is named the River of the Suicides;
    For night by night some lorn wretch overweary,(...)
    Within its cold secure oblivion hides.
  • * 1963': He never found his beloved machine gun. '''Lorn and drained-nervous, he was fired next day. — Thomas Pynchon, ''V.

    • Derived terms

    * lorness * lovelorn

    Anagrams

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    lown

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) logn'', ''lygn .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (Scotland) peaceful, calm
    • Quotations
    * (English Citations of "lown")

    References

    * lown in Merriam-Webster's online dictionary

    Etymology 2

    See (loon).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A low fellow.