Wrecksome

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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."

Example

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"[...] 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."

Etymology

From wreck + -some.

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