different between worn vs outmoded

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /w??n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /w??n/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /wo(?)?n/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /wo?n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n
• Homophone: warn (accents with the horse-hoarse merger)

Adjective

worn (comparative more worn, superlative most worn)

1. damaged and shabby as a result of much use

Translations

Verb

worn

1. past participle of wear

Derived terms

• forworn
• outworn
• worn out

Anagrams

• Norw., rown

Middle English

Verb

worn

1. Alternative form of weren

Old English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /worn/, [wor?n]

Noun

worn m

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

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) , “worn”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

English

Adjective

outmoded (comparative more outmoded, superlative most outmoded)

1. unfashionable

2. obsolete

Synonyms

• (unfashionable): démodé, old hat, unchic; see also Thesaurus:unfashionable
• (obsolete): antiquated, disused, outdated; see also Thesaurus:obsolete

Derived terms

• outmodedly
• outmodedness

Translations

Verb

outmoded

1. simple past tense and past participle of outmode