Meanings
nounlornness (countable and uncountable, plural lornnesses)
plural lornnesses
- countableuncountableThe quality of being lorn.
The joys and sorrows, the loves and the lornnesses of young heiresses have furnished themes to novel-writers ever since heiresses or novelists have existed.
1872, The Spectator, volume 45, page 563
Origin
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