abandoned

English

Etymology

From abandon, from French abandonné (“immoral”) past participle of abandonner.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

abandoned (comparative more abandoned, superlative most abandoned)

  1. Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked. [First attested from 1350 to 1470][2]
    • 1876, Alexander Davidson, A Complete History of Illinois from 1673 to 1884 (page 232)
      Such immunity to offenders offered a safe asylum to the vilest and most abandoned scoundrels.
  2. No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted. [Late 15th century][2]
    • (Can we date this quote?), Thomson, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      […] your abandoned streams […]
  3. Free from constraint; uninhibited. [Late 17th century][2]
  4. (geology) No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.

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Translations

Verb

abandoned

  1. simple past tense and past participle of abandon

References
  1. Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], →ISBN), page 2
  2. “abandoned” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.
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