Forlorn
41forlorn — a. 1. Deserted, abandoned, forsaken, friendless, solitary, lost. 2. Wretched, miserable, pitiable, destitute, desolate, helpless, comfortless, disconsolate, woebegone …
42forlorn — adj 1. miserable, wretched, abject, pitiful, pitiable, piteous, pathetic, pathetical, woebegone, woeful, Archaic. woesome, Obs. baleful; desolate, dreary, Literary. drear, dismal, gloomy, lugubrious, funereal; depressed, dispirited, dejected,… …
43forlorn — for·lorn …
44A forlorn hope — Forlorn For*lorn , a. [OE., p. p. of forlesen to lose utterly, AS. forle[ o]san (p. p. forloren); pref. for + le[ o]san (in comp.) to lose; cf. D. verliezen to lose, G. verlieren, Sw. f[ o]rlora, Dan. forloren, Goth. fraliusan to lose. See {For } …
45forlorn hope — noun Etymology: by folk etymology from Dutch verloren hoop, literally, lost band Date: 1579 1. a body of men selected to perform a perilous service 2. a desperate or extremely difficult enterprise …
46forlorn hope — 1. a perilous or desperate enterprise. 2. a vain hope. 3. Obs. a group of soldiers assigned to perform some unusually dangerous service. [1530 40; folk etymological alter. of D verloren hoop lit., lost troop] * * * …
47forlorn hope — desperate or perilous undertaking; vain hope; group of soldiers selected to perform a dangerous mission …
48forlorn hope — 1. Vanguard, skirmishers, advanced body of troops, enfants perdus. 2. Desperate case, doubtful enterprise, hazardous adventure …
49Forlorn Hope — ♦ Assault or storming party with little hope of success, or if successful, little hope of survival. (Wise, Terence. Medieval Warfare, 248) …
50forlorn hope — /fəlɔn ˈhoʊp/ (say fuhlawn hohp) noun 1. a vain hope; an undertaking almost certain to fail. 2. a perilous or desperate enterprise. {Dutch, alteration of verloren hoop, literally, lost troop} …
