different between bliss vs forlorn

English

Etymology

From Middle English bliss, from Old English bliss, variant of earlier bl?ds, bl?þs (“joy, gladness”), from Proto-West Germanic *bl?þisi (“joy, goodness, kindness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bl?s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Noun

bliss (countable and uncountable, plural blisses)

1. perfect happiness

Derived terms

Translations

Old English

Etymology

From earlier bl?ds, bl?þs, from Proto-West Germanic *bl?þisi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bliss/, [blis]

Noun

bliss f

1. joy, bliss

Inflection

Descendants

• Middle English: blys, blice, blisce, blise, blesse
  • English: bliss

English

Etymology

From Middle English forlorn, forloren, from Old English forloren (past participle of forl?osan (“to lose”)), from Proto-Germanic *fraluzanaz (“lost”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *fraleusan? (“to lose”), equivalent to for- +? lorn. Cognate with West Frisian ferlern (“lost”), Saterland Frisian ferlädden (“lost”), Dutch verloren (“lost”), German Low German verloren (“lost”),German verloren (“lost”), Swedish förlorad (“lost”). See further at lese/leese, lorn.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f??l??n/, /f??-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /f???l??n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n
• Hyphenation: for?lorn

Adjective

forlorn (comparative forlorner or more forlorn, superlative forlornest or most forlorn)

1. Abandoned, deserted, left behind.
2. Miserable, as when lonely after being abandoned.

   Synonym: forsaken
3. Unlikely to succeed; hopeless.

Alternative forms

• forlorne (obsolete)

Derived terms

• forlornling
• forlornness
• forlornly

Related terms

• forlorn hope
• lovelorn

Translations

Noun

forlorn (plural forlorns) (military)

1. A forlorn hope.
2. A member of a forlorn hope.

Verb

forlorn

1. (obsolete) past participle of forlese.