See Also: worn(dictionary)
well-worn(dictionary)
worn 1,(dictionary)
worn out(dictionary)
time-worn(dictionary)
worn 2, adjective(dictionary)

worn (iou)



worn adjective. LME.
[pa. pple of WEAR verb1.]
1. Impaired or damaged by wear, use, or exposure (also worn-down); fig. hackneyed, stale; often heard. LME.
2. Of a person etc.: (looking) wasted, enfeebled, or exhausted, as by toil, age, anxiety, etc. Also worn-down. LME.
b. Of land: no longer fertile. rare. L17.
3. Of time, a period: past, departed. rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.
Comb.: worn-down: see senses 1, 2 above; worn-out adjective (a) that has worn out or been worn out; (b) outworn; (c) (rare, Shakes.) = sense 3 above.
wornness [-n-n-] noun L19.