adjective
Origin: Ger kaputt, lost, ruined, broken < Fr (faire) capot, to lose all tricks (as in piquet) < capster, to capsize
See kaput in American Heritage Dictionary 4
also ka·putt
adjectiveOrigin:
Origin: German kaputt
Origin: , from French capot, not having won a single trick at piquet
Origin: , possibly from Provençal
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