wrack

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun dried seaweed especially that cast ashore
  2. noun the destruction or collapse of something
  3. noun growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp

Etymology

From Middle English wrake, wrache, wreche, from a merger of Old English wracu, wræc (“misery, suffering”) and Old English wrǣċ (“vengeance, revenge”). See also wrake.

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