home-wreckn.

Brit.

/ˈhəʊmrɛk/, U.S.

/ˈhoʊmˌrɛk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: home n.¹, wreck n.¹

Etymology: < home n.¹ + wreck n.¹ Compare later home-wrecker n., home-wrecking adj., home-wrecking n.

Now rare.

The break-up of a marriage or family.

ΚΠ

1845 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 25 Aug. 82/1 (title) The home-wreck.

1866 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 344 Through heart-wreck, or home-wreck, Thy happy sparrows build.

1879 F. W. Robinson Coward Conscience I. i. iii. 41 A home-wreck and a soul cut adrift.

1922 M. Hale Beautiful Girlhood xxix. 166 Such girls..come to marriage without any knowledge of housework, or of the buying-value of money. Here is the cause of many home-wrecks.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	home-wreck
释义	home-wreckn. Brit. /ˈhəʊmrɛk/, U.S. /ˈhoʊmˌrɛk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: home n.¹, wreck n.¹ Etymology: < home n.¹ + wreck n.¹ Compare later home-wrecker n., home-wrecking adj., home-wrecking n. Now rare. The break-up of a marriage or family. ΚΠ 1845 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 25 Aug. 82/1 (title) The home-wreck. 1866 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 344 Through heart-wreck, or home-wreck, Thy happy sparrows build. 1879 F. W. Robinson Coward Conscience I. i. iii. 41 A home-wreck and a soul cut adrift. 1922 M. Hale Beautiful Girlhood xxix. 166 Such girls..come to marriage without any knowledge of housework, or of the buying-value of money. Here is the cause of many home-wrecks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1845
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