fallen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔːlən/
ipa: /ˈfaːlən/
ipa: /ˈfɔlən/
ipa: /ˈfɑlən/
rhymes: -ɔːlən
rhymes: -ɑlən
Forms: form: more fallen
form: most fallen
form: fallenest
Etymology: Morphologically fall + -en.
Senses: examples: fallen raindrops
glosses: Having dropped by the force of gravity.
examples: text: a ceremony to honor fallen soldiers
text: the disposal of fallen livestock
text: We will face the problems of peace with the same courage that we have faced and mastered the problems of war. In the memory of those that have made the supreme sacrifice, in the memory of our fallen president, we shall not fail.
ref: 1945 April 16, Harry S. Truman, 10:41 from the start, in MP72-20 President Roosevelt’s Funeral and Procession; Truman – New President of U.S., Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162:
glosses: Killed, especially in battle.
examples: text: a fallen woman
text: Madam Julia was the town's ranking prostitute; virtuous female society demanded that they not suffer the unbearable pain of looking at, and being in company with, a fallen woman— one of the happiest, fallenest women in history, by the way.
ref: 1964, Katharine Hillyer, Mark Twain, Young Reporter in Virginia City: The Racy, Rollicking Adventures of a Great Author in the Gamiest, Richest, Mightiest Town in All the Frontier West!:
text: "You make yourself out to be the fallenest of fallen women." Tilting her head toward Sharon, Debbie grinned. "Let's face it. There can't be winners without losers, and I'm a loser. But look at it this way. I make it possible for some other woman[…]
ref: 1991, Kelly Walsh, Nightshades and Orchids, →ISBN:
glosses: Having lost one's chastity.
examples: a fallen building
glosses: Having collapsed.
examples: text: That fallenest of our fallen race has left town — said to be near Fontainebleau by some, in Italy by others. More consequent with himself than usual, he is fulfilling, in the only possible way left open to him, his promise […]
ref: 1913, John Bigelow, Retrospections of an Active Life: 1867-1871, page 397:
glosses: Having lost prestige, (Christian) grace, etc.
Synonyms: sense: having collapsed
word: collapsed
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from the adjective fallen
word: chap-fallen
sense: Terms derived from the adjective fallen
word: chapfallen
sense: Terms derived from the adjective fallen
word: chop-fallen
sense: Terms derived from the adjective fallen
word: chopfallen
sense: Terms derived from the adjective fallen
word: crest-fallen
sense: Terms derived from the adjective fallen
word: crestfallen
sense: Terms derived from the adjective fallen
word: down-fallen
sense: Terms derived from the adjective fallen
word: downfallen
sense: Terms derived from the adjective fallen
word: fallen angel
sense: Terms derived from the adjective fallen
word: fallen arch
sense: Terms derived from the adjective fallen
word: fallen building clause
sense: Terms derived from the adjective fallen
word: fallen flag
sense: Terms derived from the adjective fallen
word: fallen fleece
sense: Terms derived from the adjective fallen
word: fallen-in
sense: Terms derived from the adjective fallen
word: fallen instep
sense: Terms derived from the adjective fallen
word: fallenness
sense: Terms derived from the adjective fallen
word: fallen-off
sense: Terms derived from the adjective fallen
word: fallen star
sense: Terms derived from the adjective fallen
word: fallen woman
sense: Terms derived from the adjective fallen
word: heaven-fallen
sense: Terms derived from the adjective fallen
word: how are the mighty fallen
sense: Terms derived from the adjective fallen
word: infallen
sense: Terms derived from the adjective fallen
word: jawfallen
sense: Terms derived from the adjective fallen
word: jaw-fallen
sense: Terms derived from the adjective fallen
word: new-fallen
sense: Terms derived from the adjective fallen
word: root-fallen
sense: Terms derived from the adjective fallen
word: sick-fallen
sense: Terms derived from the adjective fallen
word: stitchfallen
sense: Terms derived from the adjective fallen
word: trade-fallen
sense: Terms derived from the adjective fallen
word: tradefallen
sense: Terms derived from the adjective fallen
word: unfallen
sense: Terms derived from the adjective fallen
word: wind-fallen
sense: Terms derived from the adjective fallen
word: windfallen