fordone
Definition
- Adjective:
- Exhausted or worn out: "fordone" describes a state of being completely tired, fatigued, or spent, often used in archaic or literary contexts.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- After the long journey, he was completely fordone. (He was utterly exhausted from the travel.)
- The fordone labourer collapsed at the end of the day. (The worker was so tired he fell down.)
Advanced Usage
"to be fordone with toil": to be exhausted from hard work.
- The soldiers, fordone with marching, slept where they fell. (The soldiers were so tired from marching they slept on the ground.)
"to feel fordone": to experience a state of deep weariness.
- She felt fordone after caring for the sick child all night. (She was completely drained from the effort.)
Variants and Related Words
Foredone (adj): an alternate spelling of "fordone", meaning exhausted.
- He was foredone by the heat. (He was worn out by the hot weather.)
Fordone (verb, past participle): the past participle of "fordo" (to destroy or exhaust).
- The task fordone him. (The task exhausted him.)
Synonyms
- Exhausted: completely drained of energy.
- Worn out: extremely tired from use or effort.
- Spent: having no energy left.
Related Idioms
- "Fordoned and weary": a phrase meaning utterly tired and fatigued.
- The pilgrims were fordoned and weary after their long walk. (They were completely exhausted.)
Usage Note
- This word is considered archaic or poetic in modern English. It is rarely used in everyday conversation but may appear in historical literature, fantasy writing, or poetic contexts. For contemporary usage, "exhausted" or "worn out" is preferred.