Definitions
Etymologies
- French, from Latin naufragium; navis + frangere. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“But presently the same lady informed me further: “He has come here amongst us un naufrage.””
“Apres tu t'changes en taenia géant et tu dois te faire tuer par des survivants d'un naufrage!!”
“Philemon, le naufrage du "A" /Paris ; New York : Dargaud, c2003.”
“Française jetée sur la côté occidentale de l'Afrique, à la suite du naufrage de la Frégate la Meduse.”
“_Il serait fâcheux, Mademoiselle, lorsqu 'on a failli faire naufrage, de se noyer_" -- and, in want of a word, Mr. Raleigh ignominiously descended to his vernacular -- "with a lee-lurch.”
“Hollande aux Indes, avoit fait naufrage sur les cotes d'une Terre”
“Je les remercie de quatre mois de bonheur échappés au naufrage de la vie; je les remercie de m'avoir aimée.”
“But presently the same lady informed me further: "He has come here amongst us un naufrage.”
“ROME - Les gardes-côtes italiens ont annoncé samedi avoir retrouvé un nouveau corps dans l'épave du paquebot "Costa Concordia", dont le naufrage près de l'île...”
“C'est dans cette chapelle que, par l'intercession de Marie, les pécheurs reçoivent leur conversion, les affligés leur consolation, les infirmes la santé, les captifs leur delivrance, que ceux qui sont en mer échappent aux tempêtes et au naufrage, et que des miracles s'opèrent journellement sur les pieux Fidèles_.”
A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘naufrage’.
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All The Words
I enjoy collecting words, for I have no fear of them ever running out.
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via Weird and Wonderful Words
Catch-all for things culled from Weird and Wonderful Words, More Weird and Wonderful Words, and Totally Weird and Wonderful Words, by Erin McKean, et al.
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looked up
Words I've come across while reading and looked up in the dictionary.
deesis, pendentive, revetment, aedicule, stemma, patera, ephod, entrepot, corbel, exedra, volute, archivolt and 1408 more...
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Brochettes of Random Palavery
Another of my random palavery lists for words or phrases that haven't yet found a place in one or more of my other lists.
nonexclusivity, adaptationist, paxillin, adduct, unblushingly cribbed, ptomaïne, microsievert, millisievert, too big to jail, tastemaker, tinsmithing, Nimzo-Indian and 1616 more...
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