Shipwrecky
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Characteristic of a shipwreck.
""I was only joking. We've escaped from a burning vessel, you know, and every one else is either burned or drowned. We've provisions for a month, if we don't eat too much, and we're in the South Sea Islands. South Sea Islands sound nice and shipwrecky, don't you think so?""
- 2 Weak, feeble; shaky. figuratively
"But down below he is not so good by any means — no spring from the loins, and feeblish, not to say shipwrecky, about the knees."
Example
More examples""I was only joking. We've escaped from a burning vessel, you know, and every one else is either burned or drowned. We've provisions for a month, if we don't eat too much, and we're in the South Sea Islands. South Sea Islands sound nice and shipwrecky, don't you think so?""
Etymology
From shipwreck + -y.
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