Home › Words › F › fallenfallen/ˈfɔːlən/fallen means having dropped by the force of gravity.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, fallen ranks #11,250 of 42,747 for Qualifying.fallen is pronounced /ˈfɔːlən/.EtymologyMorphologically fall + -en.adjHaving dropped by the force of gravity.e.g.“fallen raindrops”Killed, especially in battle.e.g.“a ceremony to honor fallen soldiers”Having lost one's chastity.e.g.“a fallen woman”Having collapsed.e.g.“a fallen building”Having lost prestige, (Christian) grace, etc.nounThe dead.Casualties of battle or war.One who has fallen, as from grace.e.g.“In the Augustinian period, however, sin was held to be a death-inflicting agent, implying that the fallen was dead, and had to be restored to life.” — 1873, James Strong with John McClintock, Cyclopaedia of Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical literature, volume 5:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).