shorn

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ʃɔɹn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʃɔːn/

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• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ʃo(ː)ɹn/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ʃoən/

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• 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[.]

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

shorn m

1. lenited form of sorn