naufragous

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  1. Causing shipwreck. That tempestuous, and oft navfrageous sea, wherein youth and handsomeness are commonly tossed with no less hazard to the body than the soul. Jer. Taylor (?), Artif. Handsomeness, p. 33.

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  1. Also naufrageous; = Spanish Portuguese Italian nautfrago, from Latin naufragus, wrecked, causing shipwreck, from navis, ship, + frangere (√ frag), break: see naufrage.
 

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