ruinedadj.

Brit.

/ˈruːɪnd/, U.S.

/ˈruənd/,

/ˈruˌɪnd/

Forms: see ruin v. and -ed suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ruin v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < ruin v. + -ed suffix¹. Compare similar uses in French of ruiné , past participle of ruiner (attested from at least the first half of the 15th cent.). Compare slightly earlier ruinated adj.

1. Of a building, town, etc.: reduced to ruins; fallen into ruin.In quot. 1873 as a n.: that which has been ruined.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > dilapidated or ruinous

brychec1000

forcrazedc1320

falling-downc1384

ruinousc1384

forwordenc1450

ruin1467

failed1490

ruinatea1538

ruinated1555

ruined1560

ragged1565

dilapidate1590

through-shot1596

tattered1599

tottered1615

dilapidateda1806

delabrated1813

broken-down1816

tumble-down1819

run-down1832

tumblyc1855

raggedy1921

shot through1926

shot to hell or pieces1926

raddled1949

1560 J. Knox Answer Great Nomber Blasphemous Cauillations 436 Then shal the ruined seate of Dauid be erected againe, and Christe shall reigne vpon the earth.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xii. 14 An old ruined Church [Fr. vne vieille Eglise ruinée].

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iii. ii. 383 The King ha's..from these shoulders These ruin'd Pillers, out of pitty, taken A loade.

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 121 There is nothing to be seen in it but ruined Houses.

1738 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 2) III. 62 Doncaster (so called from the River on which it stands, and the Castle which is now ruined).

1743 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes II. iv. xv. 23 The rage, That..ruin'd cities fills with hostile woes.

1798 T. Pennant View of Hindoostan II. 55 No part of its fortifications remain, except a piece of ruined wall.

1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott I. vii. 195 Exploring..every ruined peel from foundation to battlement.

1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man 35 Some ruined towns, now half under water.

1873 C. G. Leland Egyptian Sketch-bk. 295 Sometimes the unfinished looks like the ruined.

1901 Locomotive Mag. Oct. 168/2 After a long trundle through ruined houses, walls and cemeteries the train enters the terminal station.

1961 National Geographic Oct. 539/1 A detour to the Yucatán Peninsula leads to Chichén Itzá, famed ruined city of the Maya.

2007 Condé Nast Traveller May 76/1 Bougainvillaea tumbles down ruined walls.

2. Destroyed; entirely spoiled.In quot. 1585: almost obliterated or erased.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > destroyed

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lorna1400

destroyedc1440

perishedc1440

shentc1440

defeatc1540

spiltc1540

dissolved?1541

interempt1561

baned1568

mischievedc1570

defeated1578

ruined1585

downcast1592

gone1598

collapsed1610

to take up for hawks' meat1612

naughta1616

blasted1747

wreckeda1821

butchered1839

fucked-up1863

kaput1895

piled-up1906

shambled1940

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xxi. 26 b About the edge were written diuers romaine letters, but were so ruined [Fr. ruinés], that scarce they were too be known.

1597 G. Markham tr. G. Pétau de Maulette Deuoreux lxxxix. f. 15^v Then with her hand Eliza lifts me vp, Cheeres my poore soule, repaires my ruin'd mind.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xx. 129 O ruind peece of nature.

1682 R. Baxter Last Work of Believer 58 If the joy be far greater to the Soul with Christ, than the ruined state of the body can be lamentable.

1729 C. Cibber Love in Riddle iii. 62 Shall I return to Corinth a rejected Lover; Without one ruin'd Heart to mourn my Parting?

1757 W. Wilkie Epigoniad vii. 206 I never will forsake thee, but remain While struggling life these ruin'd limbs retain.

1810 G. Crabbe Borough xix. 264 The strong Yearnings of a ruin'd Mind.

1848 C. Dickens Dombey & Son liii. 534 The fire shining on her ruined beauty and her wild black hair.

1912 T. Holmes London's Underworld vi. 104 The financial consideration given for a lost limb or a ruined body is not a fortune.

1962 A. La Guma Walk in Night xi. 48 An old decrepit ghost of a man that sat in a ruined grass chair beside the doorway.

1992 R. Wright Stolen Continents (1993) x. 233 Women aborted their babies rather than bring them into a ruined world.

3. Reduced to a state of complete financial, social, or moral ruin.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > adversity > [adjective] > falling from prosperous or thriving condition > having fallen

forlornc1386

fallen1550

ruinous1558

ruinate1562

declined1591

ruinated1592

ruined1596

lapsed1667

prolapsed1698

broken-down1816

decadent1837

the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor > reduced to poverty

broken-fortuned1362

depauperatea1464

peeled?a1513

extenuate1533

withered1561

penured1570

low-ebbed1595

ruined1596

shredded1596

broken1597

beggared1609

impoverisheda1631

necessitated1646

pinched1672

crazy1700

reduced1715

straitened1716

crazed1732

poverty-struck?1750

poverty-stricken?1786

pauperized1807

poverty-smitten1819

distressed1844

out at elbows1885

poverished1900

wiped1977

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [adjective] > disgraced or dishonoured

shentc1440

hontous?1473

defamed1474

shamed1508

renownless1552

opprobrious1569

distained1590

ruined1596

dishonorate1601

dishonoured1608

disgraceda1616

scandalleda1616

baffled1671

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. iv. sig. P5 Wend with me, that ye may see and know, How Fortune will your ruin'd name repaire.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 46 Selymus..conquered all Syria and Ægypt from the ruined Mamalucks.

1689 in J. Sage Case Afflicted Clergy Scotl. (1690) Pref. sig. A4 They [sc. Presbyterian zealots] must answer for..all the Cries and Tears of Widows and Orphans and ruined Families which will then testifie against them.

1746 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Satires ii. iii. 420 So may better bargains raise Your ruin'd fortune.

1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 153 The ruined spend~thrift, now no longer proud, Claimed kindred there.

a1806 H. K. White Remains (1807) II. 77 We'll hold communion with the shade, Of some deep-wailing ruined maid.

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xl. 364 A Countess living at an inn is a ruined woman.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xx. 384 The bigots..refused to the ruined and expatriated Protestant Lord the means of subsistence.

1902 A. C. Swinburne in Q. Rev. July 25 The dissolution of a ruined household is..tragicomically set before us.

1951 L. P. Hartley My Fellow Devils xxxii. 340 She was tied for life to a ruined man whom she no longer loved.

1996 H. Fielding Bridget Jones's Diary (1997) 273 We are ruined, destitute and homeless, Bridget, and your mother is to be branded a common criminal.

4. Esp. of land, a country, etc.: devastated, laid waste.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > devastating > devastated

barec1305

waste1338

desolatea1382

yheryȝeda1440

wastedc1440

ruined1600

vastate1616

devasted1632

ravaged1657

divast1677

populated1747

devastated1813

1600 C. Middleton Legend Duke of Glocester sig. B^v Henry..had relieu'd this ruin'd state, Fighting against the French, that had withstood, The right his Auncestors had wone of late.

1660 S. Pordage tr. Seneca Troades i. 3 The Gods are witnesse of this mischeif; and The Altar sometimes of this ruin'd land.

1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 160 The ruined country now clamoured.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxx. 136 Alaric disdained to trample any longer on the prostrate and ruined countries of Thrace and Dacia.

1800 T. Campbell Ode to Winter in Poems 42 Sullen Winter, hear my prayer, And gently rule the ruined year.

1821 P. B. Shelley Adonais x. 10 Lost Angel of a ruined Paradise.

1856 Westm. Rev. Jan. 65 How different from the Piedmont of a century back!—a ruined country, a dispirited and impoverished people.

1918 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 816/2 In this fifth year of war, Americans think of France as a ruined country.

1985 M. Bogin tr. I. Allende House of Spirits ii. 45 If there was anything that could alleviate the grief and rage of Rosa's loss it would be breaking his back working in this ruined land.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ruined
释义	ruinedadj. Brit. /ˈruːɪnd/, U.S. /ˈruənd/, /ˈruˌɪnd/ Forms: see ruin v. and -ed suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ruin v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < ruin v. + -ed suffix¹. Compare similar uses in French of ruiné , past participle of ruiner (attested from at least the first half of the 15th cent.). Compare slightly earlier ruinated adj. 1. Of a building, town, etc.: reduced to ruins; fallen into ruin.In quot. 1873 as a n.: that which has been ruined. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > dilapidated or ruinous brychec1000 forcrazedc1320 falling-downc1384 ruinousc1384 forwordenc1450 ruin1467 failed1490 ruinatea1538 ruinated1555 ruined1560 ragged1565 dilapidate1590 through-shot1596 tattered1599 tottered1615 dilapidateda1806 delabrated1813 broken-down1816 tumble-down1819 run-down1832 tumblyc1855 raggedy1921 shot through1926 shot to hell or pieces1926 raddled1949 1560 J. Knox Answer Great Nomber Blasphemous Cauillations 436 Then shal the ruined seate of Dauid be erected againe, and Christe shall reigne vpon the earth. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xii. 14 An old ruined Church [Fr. vne vieille Eglise ruinée]. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iii. ii. 383 The King ha's..from these shoulders These ruin'd Pillers, out of pitty, taken A loade. View more context for this quotation 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 121 There is nothing to be seen in it but ruined Houses. 1738 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 2) III. 62 Doncaster (so called from the River on which it stands, and the Castle which is now ruined). 1743 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes II. iv. xv. 23 The rage, That..ruin'd cities fills with hostile woes. 1798 T. Pennant View of Hindoostan II. 55 No part of its fortifications remain, except a piece of ruined wall. 1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott I. vii. 195 Exploring..every ruined peel from foundation to battlement. 1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man 35 Some ruined towns, now half under water. 1873 C. G. Leland Egyptian Sketch-bk. 295 Sometimes the unfinished looks like the ruined. 1901 Locomotive Mag. Oct. 168/2 After a long trundle through ruined houses, walls and cemeteries the train enters the terminal station. 1961 National Geographic Oct. 539/1 A detour to the Yucatán Peninsula leads to Chichén Itzá, famed ruined city of the Maya. 2007 Condé Nast Traveller May 76/1 Bougainvillaea tumbles down ruined walls. 2. Destroyed; entirely spoiled.In quot. 1585: almost obliterated or erased. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > destroyed forwroughta1325 lorna1400 destroyedc1440 perishedc1440 shentc1440 defeatc1540 spiltc1540 dissolved?1541 interempt1561 baned1568 mischievedc1570 defeated1578 ruined1585 downcast1592 gone1598 collapsed1610 to take up for hawks' meat1612 naughta1616 blasted1747 wreckeda1821 butchered1839 fucked-up1863 kaput1895 piled-up1906 shambled1940 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xxi. 26 b About the edge were written diuers romaine letters, but were so ruined [Fr. ruinés], that scarce they were too be known. 1597 G. Markham tr. G. Pétau de Maulette Deuoreux lxxxix. f. 15^v Then with her hand Eliza lifts me vp, Cheeres my poore soule, repaires my ruin'd mind. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xx. 129 O ruind peece of nature. View more context for this quotation 1682 R. Baxter Last Work of Believer 58 If the joy be far greater to the Soul with Christ, than the ruined state of the body can be lamentable. 1729 C. Cibber Love in Riddle iii. 62 Shall I return to Corinth a rejected Lover; Without one ruin'd Heart to mourn my Parting? 1757 W. Wilkie Epigoniad vii. 206 I never will forsake thee, but remain While struggling life these ruin'd limbs retain. 1810 G. Crabbe Borough xix. 264 The strong Yearnings of a ruin'd Mind. 1848 C. Dickens Dombey & Son liii. 534 The fire shining on her ruined beauty and her wild black hair. 1912 T. Holmes London's Underworld vi. 104 The financial consideration given for a lost limb or a ruined body is not a fortune. 1962 A. La Guma Walk in Night xi. 48 An old decrepit ghost of a man that sat in a ruined grass chair beside the doorway. 1992 R. Wright Stolen Continents (1993) x. 233 Women aborted their babies rather than bring them into a ruined world. 3. Reduced to a state of complete financial, social, or moral ruin. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [adjective] > falling from prosperous or thriving condition > having fallen forlornc1386 fallen1550 ruinous1558 ruinate1562 declined1591 ruinated1592 ruined1596 lapsed1667 prolapsed1698 broken-down1816 decadent1837 the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor > reduced to poverty broken-fortuned1362 depauperatea1464 peeled?a1513 extenuate1533 withered1561 penured1570 low-ebbed1595 ruined1596 shredded1596 broken1597 beggared1609 impoverisheda1631 necessitated1646 pinched1672 crazy1700 reduced1715 straitened1716 crazed1732 poverty-struck?1750 poverty-stricken?1786 pauperized1807 poverty-smitten1819 distressed1844 out at elbows1885 poverished1900 wiped1977 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [adjective] > disgraced or dishonoured shentc1440 hontous?1473 defamed1474 shamed1508 renownless1552 opprobrious1569 distained1590 ruined1596 dishonorate1601 dishonoured1608 disgraceda1616 scandalleda1616 baffled1671 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. iv. sig. P5 Wend with me, that ye may see and know, How Fortune will your ruin'd name repaire. View more context for this quotation 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 46 Selymus..conquered all Syria and Ægypt from the ruined Mamalucks. 1689 in J. Sage Case Afflicted Clergy Scotl. (1690) Pref. sig. A4 They [sc. Presbyterian zealots] must answer for..all the Cries and Tears of Widows and Orphans and ruined Families which will then testifie against them. 1746 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Satires ii. iii. 420 So may better bargains raise Your ruin'd fortune. 1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 153 The ruined spend~thrift, now no longer proud, Claimed kindred there. a1806 H. K. White Remains (1807) II. 77 We'll hold communion with the shade, Of some deep-wailing ruined maid. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xl. 364 A Countess living at an inn is a ruined woman. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xx. 384 The bigots..refused to the ruined and expatriated Protestant Lord the means of subsistence. 1902 A. C. Swinburne in Q. Rev. July 25 The dissolution of a ruined household is..tragicomically set before us. 1951 L. P. Hartley My Fellow Devils xxxii. 340 She was tied for life to a ruined man whom she no longer loved. 1996 H. Fielding Bridget Jones's Diary (1997) 273 We are ruined, destitute and homeless, Bridget, and your mother is to be branded a common criminal. 4. Esp. of land, a country, etc.: devastated, laid waste. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > devastating > devastated barec1305 waste1338 desolatea1382 yheryȝeda1440 wastedc1440 ruined1600 vastate1616 devasted1632 ravaged1657 divast1677 populated1747 devastated1813 1600 C. Middleton Legend Duke of Glocester sig. B^v Henry..had relieu'd this ruin'd state, Fighting against the French, that had withstood, The right his Auncestors had wone of late. 1660 S. Pordage tr. Seneca Troades i. 3 The Gods are witnesse of this mischeif; and The Altar sometimes of this ruin'd land. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 160 The ruined country now clamoured. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxx. 136 Alaric disdained to trample any longer on the prostrate and ruined countries of Thrace and Dacia. 1800 T. Campbell Ode to Winter in Poems 42 Sullen Winter, hear my prayer, And gently rule the ruined year. 1821 P. B. Shelley Adonais x. 10 Lost Angel of a ruined Paradise. 1856 Westm. Rev. Jan. 65 How different from the Piedmont of a century back!—a ruined country, a dispirited and impoverished people. 1918 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 816/2 In this fifth year of war, Americans think of France as a ruined country. 1985 M. Bogin tr. I. Allende House of Spirits ii. 45 If there was anything that could alleviate the grief and rage of Rosa's loss it would be breaking his back working in this ruined land. 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