forgottenadj.
/fəˈɡɒtn/, U.S. /fərˈɡɑtn/ a. Not remembered, that has passed from the mind or out of remembrance.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > [adjective] > forgotten
out of memorya1275
of minda1325
out of mindc1325
forlainc1330
unrememberedc1425
oblivious1535
forgotten1600
unretained1666
unrecollected1733
unrecalled1742
buried1806
evanished1829
unmemoried1829
unrevived1877
spark out1882
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. iii. 244 Only compound me with forgotten dust. View more context for this quotation
1870 A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford I. v. 113 A good deal of forgotten poetry.
1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid i, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 88 A forgotten treasure that lay Long from the daylight buried.
b. Omitted or neglected through inadvertence.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless or heedless > unheeded
forgotten1429
unlooked1517
unrespecteda1586
unregarded1595
unrespect1602
unheeded1611
unthought1640
regardless1697
unattended1768
uncounted1783
untented1791
unrecked1808
1429 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 78 I gyf to the vicar of Seint Nicholas kyrk for forgetyn tendes cs.
1527 Will in Southwell Visit. (1891) 128 For forgoten tithes vjs. viijd.
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