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wrecksome en · ADJ

Etymology

From wreck + -some.

Meanings

1. Marked by a wreck or wreckage; resembling something that has been wrecked; banged up
   • [...] good regular teeth betwixt it and the finely-formed Grecian nose — all indicated the wreck of good looks and the wrecksome story which they sometimes entail. 1882, W. Marshall, Strange Chapman: A North of England Story:
   • “It doesn't surprise me one bit that I had to reinjure my wrecksome toes in a last act of kindness toward ye,” he said. 2014, Nicole Lea Helget, Stillwater:
   • [...] unfortunate man, was unable to catch the drift of the lecture — he lay half unconscious at the foot of the ruined stairs. Mad man! reckless, wrecksome wreck! 1896, Robert Pitcher Woodward, Trains that Met in the Blizzard:

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