"wrecksome" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more wrecksome [comparative], most wrecksome [superlative]
Etymology: From wreck + -some. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wreck|some}} wreck + -some Head templates: {{en-adj}} wrecksome (comparative more wrecksome, superlative most wrecksome)
  1. Marked by a wreck or wreckage; resembling something that has been wrecked; banged up
    Sense id: en-wrecksome-en-adj-eUNgZqyb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -some

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          "ref": "1896, Robert Pitcher Woodward, Trains that Met in the Blizzard",
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