kaputski

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adjective

broken, broken down

OriginEnglish kaput ← German kaputt ← French capot →
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Meanings

adjectivekaputski (comparative more kaputski, superlative most kaputski)

comparative more kaputski · superlative most kaputski · alternative kaputsky

  1. informalbroken, broken down

    But because you are so with-it, the recording capabilities of the old Sound control panel are now kaputski under M&S. To record sound with a PCI Power Mac, you have to launch the new SimpleSound DA instead.

    1996, Mac User - Volume 12

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kap-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*káput
  4. Proto-Italic*kaput
  5. Latincaput
  6. Latincapitulum
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  9. Latincapitulāre?
  10. Late Latincappa
  11. Old Frenchcape
  12. Old Frenchcapote
  13. Frenchcapot
  14. Germankaputt
  15. Englishkaput
  16. Englishkaputski

From kaput (“broken”) + -ski (faux-Polish suffix).

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APA

kaputski. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kaputski

MLA

“kaputski.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kaputski. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kaputski,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kaputski.

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