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Well-traveled words

This week’s words
cramoisy
kaput
lilac
alembic
talisman

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PRONUNCIATION:

(kuh-PUT, -POOT, kah-)

MEANING:

adjective: Broken; ruined; finished.

ETYMOLOGY:

From German kaputt (broken, ruined), from French être capot (to be without winning a trick in a game of piquet), perhaps from Provençal. Earliest documented use: 1895.

USAGE:

“Apparently, the only machine in the country capable of calibrating the quality of vehicle smoke has been kaput for years.”
Holy Smoke; Republica (Kathmandu, Nepal); Aug 16, 2016.

See more usage examples of kaput in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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