Etymology

rabak

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Today it means: Out of control, messed up; (by extension) terrible. Full definition →

Malay rabak
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The story

  1. Malay · borrowed fromrabak“ragged; in tatters”
  2. English todayrabak

From Malay rabak (“ragged; in tatters”).

Words from the same roots

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