Defn: Having a ruptured belly. [R.]
BROKEN BREAST
Bro"ken breast`.
Defn: Abscess of the mammary gland.
BROKEN-HEARTED
Bro"ken-heart`ed, a.
Defn: Having the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or despair.
She left her husband almost broken-hearted. Macaulay.
Syn. — Disconsolable; heart-broken; inconsolable; comfortless; woe- begone; forlorn.
BROKENLY
Bro"ken*ly, adv.
Defn: In a broken, interrupted manner; in a broken state; in broken
language.
The pagans worship God . . . as it were brokenly and by piecemeal.
Cudworth.
BROKENNESS
Bro"ken*ness, n.
1. The state or quality of being broken; unevenness. Macaulay.