Pronounced: lorn, adj
Notes: A good word to know!
Yesterday’s word
A wen is
- a benign tumor of the skin
- a large overcrowded city
First usage
Very old; it goes back to the year 1000.
Background / Comments
It comes from the Old English word wen (tumor, wart). This is the same source for the word ‘wound’.
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