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