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forgotten

Pronunciation: /fəˈɡɒt.n̩/

The English word “forgotten” has 2 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Of which knowledge has been lost; which is no longer remembered.

noun

  1. A person or thing that has been forgotten.

Etymology

From Middle English foryoten, from Old English forġeten, from Proto-West Germanic *fragetan. By surface analysis, forgot + -en.

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