derelict
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[edit] Etymology
Latin derelictus past participle of derelinquere 'forsake, abandon' from de + relinquere 'leave, forsake'.
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derelict (comparative more derelict, superlative most derelict)
- Abandoned, forsaken; (of ship) abandoned at sea; dilapidated, neglected.
- There was a derelict ship on the island.
- Negligent in performing a duty.
[edit] Synonyms
- (abandoned): abandoned
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abandoned
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negligent
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[edit] Noun
derelict (plural derelicts)
- Property abandoned by its former owner, especially, a ship abandoned at sea.
- 1907, Robert W. Service, “The Cremation of Sam McGee”, in The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses:
- Till I came to the marge of Lake Lebarge, and a derelict there lay; / It was jammed in the ice, but I saw in a trice it was called the "Alice May". / And I looked at it, and I thought a bit, and I looked at my frozen chum; / Then "Here", said I, with a sudden cry, "is my cre-ma-tor-eum."
- 1907, Robert W. Service, “The Cremation of Sam McGee”, in The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses:
- An abandoned or forsaken person; an outcast.
- 1911 Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax” (Norton 2005, p.1364):
- A rather pathetic figure, the Lady Frances, a beautiful woman, still in fresh middle age, and yet, by a strange chance, the last derelict of what only twenty years ago was a goodly fleet.
- 1911 Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax” (Norton 2005, p.1364):
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) A negligent person.
[edit] Translations
abandoned property
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abandoned ship
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outcast
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negligent person
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