forworn









forworn


forworn [fawr-wawrn, -wohrn] Word Origin adjective Archaic.

  1. worn-out; exhausted.

Also foreworn. Origin of forworn 1500–10; past participle of obsolete forwear, Middle English forweren. See for-, wear British Dictionary definitions for forworn forworn foreworn adjective

  1. archaic weary

Word Origin for forworn C16: past participle of obsolete forwear to wear out, from Middle English forweren to hollow out

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