Half-broken

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Halfway or partially broken; somewhat broken.

Etymology

From Middle English *half-broken, from Old English healfbrocen (“half-broken”), equivalent to half- + broken. Compare Dutch half gebroken (“half-broken”).

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