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ruined, ppl. a.|ˈruːɪnd|
[f. ruin v. + -ed1.]
1. Reduced to ruins; fallen into ruin.
1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. i. xii. 14 An old ruined Church. 1590Spenser F.Q. ii. x. 46 The ruin'd wals he did reædifye Of Troynovant. 1613Shakes. Hen. VIII, iii. ii. 382 The King has..from these shoulders These ruin'd Pillers out of pitty, taken A load. 1687A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. i. 121 There is nothing to be seen in it but ruined Houses. 1738De Foe Tour Gt. Brit. (ed. 2) III. 62 Doncaster (so called from the River on which it stands, and the Castle which is now ruined). 1743Francis tr. Hor., Odes iv. xv. 23 The rage, That..ruin'd cities fills with hostile woes. 1837Lockhart Scott I. vii. 195 Exploring..every ruined peel from foundation to battlement. 1863Lyell Antiq. Man 35 Some ruined towns, now half under water.
absol.1873Leland Egypt. Sketch Bk. 295 Sometimes the unfinished looks like the ruined.
†b. transf. Almost obliterated or erased. Obs.
1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. i. xxi. 26 b, About the edge were written diuers romaine letters, but were so ruined, that scarce they were too be known.
2. Brought to financial, social, or moral ruin.
1596Spenser F.Q. v. iv. 34 Wend with me, that ye may see and know How Fortune will your ruin'd name repaire. 1615G. Sandys Trav. 46 Selymus..conquered all Syria and ægypt from the ruined Mamalucks. 1746Francis tr. Hor., Sat. ii. iii. 420 So may better bargains raise Your ruin'd fortune. 1770Goldsm. Des. Vill. 153 The ruined spend⁓thrift, now no longer proud, Claimed kindred there. 1803H. K. White Contemplation Wks. (1856) 134 We'll hold communion with the shade Of some deep wailing, ruin'd maid. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair xl, A countess living at an inn is a ruined woman. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xx. IV. 384 The bigots..refused to the ruined and expatriated Protestant Lord the means of subsistence.
3. Destroyed; entirely spoiled.
1605Shakes. Lear iv. vi. 137 O ruin'd peece of Nature. 1757W. Wilkie Epigoniad vii. 206, I never will forsake thee, but remain While struggling life these ruin'd limbs retain. 1810Crabbe Borough xix. 273 The strong yearnings of a ruin'd mind. 1822Lamb Elia i. Compl. Decay of Beggars, Blind Tobits..casting up their ruined orbs to catch a ray of pity. 1848Dickens Dombey liii, The fire shining on her ruined beauty and her wild black hair.
4. Devastated, laid waste.
1724De Foe Mem. Cavalier (1840) 151 The ruined country..clamoured. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. xxx. III. 136 Alaric disdained to trample any longer on the prostrate and ruined countries of Thrace and Dacia. 1800Campbell Poems, Ode to Winter 42 Sullen Winter, hear my prayer, And gently rule the ruined year. 1821Shelley Adonais x, Lost Angel of a ruined Paradise! |