shipwreckedadj.
/ˈʃɪprɛkt/ a. Having suffered shipwreck; destroyed or lost by shipwreck.
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a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. C2 Vnlesse the sea cast vp his shipwrack body.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. i. 114 Another ship..Gaue healthfull welcome to their ship-wrackt guests. View more context for this quotation
1660 J. Dryden Astræa Redux 9 His shipwrack'd Vessel.
1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane i. i Th' approaching Storm may cast thy Shipwreck'd Wealth Back to thy Arms.
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho II. ii. 50 Soothing the ship-wreck'd sailor's heart.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xix. 321 A Diving Company which undertook to bring up precious effects from shipwrecked vessels.
1856 C. J. Lever Martins of Cro' Martin xix. 201 A shipwrecked crew reduced to quarter-rations.
1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 573 The heroic and dangerous work of saving the shipwrecked.
b. figurative.
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1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. F2 Hauing found by much shipwrackt experience, that no worke of his..would passe.
1625 P. Heylyn Μικρόκοσμος (rev. ed.) 702 That lost and shipwraced [1652 shipwracked] kingdome.
1643 K. Digby Observ. Religio Medici 27 The losse of Livies shipwracked Decads.
a1703 M. Prior In vain you Tell (song) Thrown again upon the Coast, Where first my Shipwrackt Heart was lost.
1742 J. Wesley & C. Wesley Hymns & Sacred Poems i. 25 Haven to take the Shipwreck'd in, My Everlasting Rest from Sin.
1751 Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (1752) 68 The small remains of the shipwreckt fortune.
1862 C. Dickens Let. 7 Oct. (1938) III. 306 Through those two harbours of a shipwrecked heart, I..believe..you will..find a peaceful resting-place.
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