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forlorn /fəˈlɔːn/
▶adjective
- 1 pitifully sad and lonely.
- 2 unlikely to succeed or be fulfilled.
– phrases
forlorn hope a persistent or desperate hope that is unlikely to be fulfilled. [C16: from Du. verloren hoop ‘lost troop’, orig. denoting a band of soldiers picked to begin an attack, many of whom would not survive.]
forlorn hope a persistent or desperate hope that is unlikely to be fulfilled. [C16: from Du. verloren hoop ‘lost troop’, orig. denoting a band of soldiers picked to begin an attack, many of whom would not survive.]
– derivatives
forlornly adverb,
forlornness noun.
forlornly adverb,
forlornness noun.
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