fractus
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of fractus
First recorded in 1965–70; from Latin frāctus, past participle of frangere “to break”; cf. break
Example Sentences
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A cumulus, for example, might just be a cumulus; or it might be a cumulus fractus, if its edges are tattered; or a cumulus pileus, if a smaller cloud appears over it like a hood.
From New York Times • May 4, 2016
This foreboding scene, pictured by Richard Robotham, depicts a cumulus fractus under the base of well-developed cumulus clouds.
From BBC • Jul. 30, 2011
Jackus cum Jillâ Formosâ ancillâ, Aquam hauriturus collem ascendebat; Prolabitur Jackus, Caput miserè fractus, Et Jilla desperata in fatum ruebat.
From Chenodia Or, the Classical Mother Goose by Bigelow, Jacob
Justum, si fractus illabatur orbis, inpavidum ferient ruinae.
From Sir Thomas More by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)
Ad h�c Wermundus, altioribus suspiriis fractus, impudentius se �tatis exprobratione lacerari respondit, quem non ideo huc infelicitatis senectus prouexerit, quod pugn� parcus timidius iuuentam exegerit.
From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.
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