forfairn

adjective

for·​fairn

fərˈfārn

1

Scottish : forlorn, bereft

2

Scottish : worn out and decrepit (as with age) : exhausted

Word History

Etymology

Middle English forfaren, past participle of forfaren to perish, destroy, go astray, from for- + faran to travel, go

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