Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unorn

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-orn
IPA
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Old; worn out; feeble.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English unorne, from Old English unorne (“old, obsolete, worn out, decrepit, simple”), from un- + orne, orene (“excess, harm, injury”).

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Usage

Inflected Forms

more unorn (comparative) most unorn (superlative) unorne (alternative) unourne (alternative)

Questions

What does unorn mean?
Old; worn out; feeble.
Where does unorn come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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