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forlornity orig. U.S.|fəˈlɔːnɪtɪ|
[f. forlorn a. + -ity.]
a. Forlornness.
b. A forlorn person.
a1870in D.A.E. s.v., Forlornity, forlorn condition. 1878‘Mark Twain’ Let. (1917) I. 341 Livy and Clara sat down forlorn, and cried... Last night the forlornities had all disappeared. 1904B. von Hutten Pam iii. ii, ‘Oh!’ she added, breaking into rueful laughter at the sight of his fat forlornity. 1917H. T. Comstock Man thou Gavest 320 Thomas explained and apologized for the admittance of the two ‘forlornities’, as he called them. 1922Contemp. Rev. Oct. 489 In their rusty forlornity. |