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wrecksome

wrecksome adjective: marked by a wreck or wreckage; resembling something that has been wrecked; banged up.

Adjective

wrecksome (comparative more wrecksome, superlative most wrecksome)

  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
    • [...] 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

Forms of wrecksome

comparativemore wrecksome
superlativemost wrecksome

Origin of wrecksome

From wreck + -some.

Questions about wrecksome

What does wrecksome mean?
Wrecksome means marked by a wreck or wreckage; resembling something that has been wrecked; banged up.
What part of speech is wrecksome?
Wrecksome is an adjective.

Words near wrecksome in the dictionary

  1. wreckovations
  2. wreckreation
  3. wrecks
  4. wrecksite
  5. wrecksites
  6. wrecksome
  7. wrecky
  8. Wredberg
  9. Wredbergs
  10. Wrede
  11. Wreden

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