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Definition of Deserted
1. Adjective. Forsaken by owner or inhabitants. "Weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse"
Definition of Deserted
1. Verb. (past of desert) ¹
2. Adjective. abandoned ¹
3. Adjective. desolate ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deserted
1. desert [v] - See also: desert
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deserted
Literary usage of Deserted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1849)
"Wed., 20 May, deserted Daughter & l'y the Pig A Irish Mimic 121 2 0 Eg. 2293,
f.136, 1795, Tues., 26 May, deserted Daughter & Hercules & Omphale 159 9 6 Eg. ..."
2. Roughing It by Mark Twain (2001)
"... with politics in his eye, the passengers would drop out with quiet accord,
afraid to meet him; and he would camp on a deserted field. ..."
3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1882)
"Dr. EE Mackintosh {Edinburgh Medical Journal, April, 1882) discusses various
mental phenomena presented by seduced, betrayed, and deserted women, ..."
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