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naufrage

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From French naufrage (“shipwreck”), from Latin naufragium (“shipwreck”), from nāvis (“ship”) + frangere (“to break”).

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  1. obsolete shipwreck
  2. obsolete ruin May 7 1617, Francis Bacon, speech on taking his place in Chancery the opinion , not to relieve any case after judginent , would be a guilty opinion ; guilty of the ruin , and naufrage , and perishing of infinite subjects

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@misc{naufrage_2026,
  title = {naufrage},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/naufrage},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}