worn

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English

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Etymology

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By analogy to past participles like torn from tear and sworn from swear.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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worn (comparative more worn, superlative most worn)

  1. Damaged and shabby as a result of much use.
  2. Worn out; exhausted.
    • 1889, The Wesley Naturalist, volume 2, page 143:
      Preëminently is the Lake District suited for the jaded and worn, who seek in solitude and amidst scenery unmoiled and unsullied by human artifice, refreshment alike of body and spirit.

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Verb

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worn

  1. past participle of wear

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Middle English

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Verb

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worn

  1. Alternative form of weren

Old English

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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worn m

  1. great many, multitude
  2. crowd, swarm, band, flock

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