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† hopelost, a. and n. Obs.|ˈhəʊplɒst, -lɔːst|
[f. hope n.1 + lost ppl. a.]
A. adj. That has lost hope, despairing; lost to hope, desperate.
B. n. One who has lost hope.
1570Satir. Poems Reform. xxii. 70 Fretting with feir in Inward conscience, As hoiplost wichtis without all pacience. 1587Fleming Contn. Holinshed III. 1548/2 His two grace⁓lesse hopelost sonnes Shane and Alike Bourke. 1648Symmons Vind. Chas. I, 148 Like a Company of poore Hope-losts..look up to that place of Honour, where erst they sat. |