shorn - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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• 1 English
  • 1.1 Pronunciation
  • 1.2 Verb
  • 1.3 Adjective
    * 1.3.1 Derived terms
  • 1.4 Anagrams
• 2 Irish
  • 2.1 Noun

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• enPR: shôrn
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ʃɔːn/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ʃɔɹn/
  • (rhotic, without the horse_–_hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ʃo(ː)ɹn/
  • (non-rhotic, without the horse_–_hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ʃoən/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n
• Homophones: Sean, Shawn, Shaun (non-rhotic, horse_–_hoarse merger)

shorn

1. past participle of shear

shorn (not comparable)

1. Of a sheep, etc., having been shorn.
2. Of a person, having had a haircut.
   • 1784, The House that Jack Built, page 8:
     This is the Prieſt all ſhaven and ſhorn, that married the man all tattered and torn[.]

• unshorn

• Horns, NRHOs, Rohns, Snohr, horns, shnor

shorn m

1. lenited form of sorn

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