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wreck

/ˈɹek/REK
/ˈɹɛk/REK

Meaningdriftage, expulsion

Common meaning: a ruined ship

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishwrec‘expulsion, banishment, misery’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishwraksource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsexpulsion, banishment, misery → a ruined shipwreck‘a ruined ship’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English wrec ‘driftage, expulsion’.

Roots

  • wrec Old English “driftage, expulsion”

Related words

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