Meanings
adjectivenaufragous (not comparable)
- not comparableobsoleterareOf or pertaining to a shipwreck.
It is the most dangerous shipwreck, that this naufragous world can give, the shipwreck of faith.
1862, Thomas Adams, (Please provide the book title or journal name)
Origin
From Latin naufragium (“shipwreck”) + -ous.
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naufragous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/naufragous
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“naufragous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/naufragous. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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