wreckfuladj.¹

/ˈrɛkfʊl/

Etymology: < wreck n.¹ + -ful suffix.

Causing shipwreck, ruin, or disaster; dangerous, destructive.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > shipwreck > [adjective] > causing shipwreck

wrackful1558

wreckful1596

wracking1611

naufragous1615

shipwreckinga1616

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. viii. sig. Ff8 Straungers..which on their border Were brought..by wreckfull wynde.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake v. 191 The wreckful storms that cloud the brow of War.

a1849 J. C. Mangan Coll. Wks.: Poems (1999) IV. 48 This dull world still slumbers... In a midnight dream, Drifts it down Time's wreckful stream.

1876 Ld. Tennyson Harold iii. i. 74 A summer mere with sudden wreckful gusts From a side-gorge.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

† wreckfuladj.²

Etymology: < wreck n.³ + -ful suffix. Compare wrackful adj.¹, wrakeful adj., wreakful adj.

Obsolete.

Full of, manifesting or taking, revenge; marked or characterized by vengeance.

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [adjective]

wrackfulc1230

vengeablec1430

wrakeful?a1505

wreakful1532

vindicativec1550

wreckful1557

vindictive1627

vengeful1649

resentive1736

1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes (1568) iv. xvii. 158 Per force my self dooth straine the wreckfull gods, vouch saue it doo not so.

1601 W. T. tr. R. Nannini Civill Consid. 36 If a man haue to deale with some manner of men which are wreckfull, of a strange nature, hard to please.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 709 The Earle in wreckfull displeasure..laid this Castle even with the ground.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wreckful
释义	wreckfuladj.¹ /ˈrɛkfʊl/ Etymology: < wreck n.¹ + -ful suffix. Causing shipwreck, ruin, or disaster; dangerous, destructive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > shipwreck > [adjective] > causing shipwreck wrackful1558 wreckful1596 wracking1611 naufragous1615 shipwreckinga1616 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. viii. sig. Ff8 Straungers..which on their border Were brought..by wreckfull wynde. View more context for this quotation 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake v. 191 The wreckful storms that cloud the brow of War. a1849 J. C. Mangan Coll. Wks.: Poems (1999) IV. 48 This dull world still slumbers... In a midnight dream, Drifts it down Time's wreckful stream. 1876 Ld. Tennyson Harold iii. i. 74 A summer mere with sudden wreckful gusts From a side-gorge. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online March 2020). † wreckfuladj.² Etymology: < wreck n.³ + -ful suffix. Compare wrackful adj.¹, wrakeful adj., wreakful adj. Obsolete. Full of, manifesting or taking, revenge; marked or characterized by vengeance. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [adjective] wrackfulc1230 vengeablec1430 wrakeful?a1505 wreakful1532 vindicativec1550 wreckful1557 vindictive1627 vengeful1649 resentive1736 1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes (1568) iv. xvii. 158 Per force my self dooth straine the wreckfull gods, vouch saue it doo not so. 1601 W. T. tr. R. Nannini Civill Consid. 36 If a man haue to deale with some manner of men which are wreckfull, of a strange nature, hard to please. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 709 The Earle in wreckfull displeasure..laid this Castle even with the ground. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.¹1596adj.²1557
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