fallen

Etymology

Morphologically fall + -en.

verb

1. past participle of fall

adj

1. Having dropped by the force of gravity.
   fallen raindrops
2. (literary) Killed in battle.
   to honor fallen soldiers
3. Having lost one's chastity.
   a fallen woman
   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. 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!
   "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[…] 1991, Kelly Walsh, Nightshades and Orchids
4. Having collapsed.
   a fallen building
5. Having lost prestige, (Christian) grace, etc.
   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 […] 1913, John Bigelow, Retrospections of an Active Life: 1867-1871, page 397

noun

1. (plural only) The dead.
2. (plural only) Casualties of battle or war.
3. (countable, Christianity) One who has fallen, as from grace.
   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, John McClintock, Cyclopaedia of Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical literature, volume 5