lornness
English
Etymology
lorn + -ness
Noun
lornness (countable and uncountable, plural lornnesses)
- The quality of being lorn.
- 1872, The Spectator (volume 45, page 563)
- 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)