forlorn 2 adj. (“fo'rlorn” or “forlo'rn”; cf. ENTIRE)
1.
(?) the same sense as in ‘forlorn hope’
Cym. V. v. 406
“The soldier, that so
nobly fought.”
∥ ‘Forlorne boies,’ ‘forlorne sentinels,’ ‘forlorne
fellowes’ are expressions found in the Eliz.
period.
2.
abandoned, forsaken,
desolate, (hence) unhappy, wretched (the usual
sense).
3.
of wretched
appearance, meagre (S.) 2H4 III. ii.
339,
Tit. II. iii. 94
“The trees . . . forlorn
and lean.”
sb..
forlorn person
3H6 III. iii.
26.
