forworn

English

Alternative forms

• foreworn

Etymology

Past participle of forwear (“to wear out”), from Middle English forweren (“to wear out”), equivalent to for- +‎ worn. Compare Middle English forwerd, forwered (“forworn”), Old English forwered, forwerod, forweren, forweoron, forworen (“worn out, decrepit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fə(ɹ)ˈwɔː(ɹ)n/, /fɔː(ɹ)ˈwɔː(ɹ)n/
• Homophones: foreworn, forewarn, forwarn

Adjective

forworn (comparative more forworn, superlative most forworn)

1. (rare or archaic) worn-out
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     A silly man, in simple weeds forworn

2. (rare or archaic) exhausted
3. (rare or archaic) decayed

Synonyms

• (worn-out): See also Thesaurus:decayed
• (exhausted): See also Thesaurus:fatigued or Thesaurus:depleted
• (decayed): See also Thesaurus:decayed

Verb

forworn

1. past participle of forwear