ruinous

Meaning

  1. Causing ruin; destructive, calamitous
  2. Extremely costly; so expensive as to cause financial ruin.
  3. Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɹuː.ɪnəs/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English ruynous, from Old French ruinos, ruineus, from Latin ruīnōsus. By surface analysis, ruin + -ous.

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