单词 | ruiner |
释义 | ruinern. A person who or thing which ruins something or someone. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > one who or that which destroys baneOE losera1340 leeserc1380 stroyerc1380 destroyer1382 ravenerc1390 castera1400 confounder1401 wastera1425 stroyc1440 undoerc1440 unmakerc1450 confounderess1509 hydraa1513 stroy-good1540 abolisher1548 thunderbolt1559 disannullera1572 stroy-all1573 ruiner1581 down-puller1583 murdererc1585 spendingc1595 blaster1598 assassin1609 ruinater1609 dissolver1611 minerc1614 destructioner1621 fordoer1631 sinker1632 destructive1640 deletery1642 assassinatea1658 ruinator1658 destroyeress1662 destructora1691 dissolvent1835 solvent1841 wrecker1882 destructant1889 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xliv. 290 Great hinderers to good schooling: nay extreame ruiners in cases aboue schooling. 1595 B. Barnes Divine Cent. Spirituall Sonnets li. sig. D4v The bodies ruinor, and soules disease. 1610 Bp. J. Hall Common Apol. against Brownists 116 I had thought you had held vs all ruiners, not builders. 1659 R. Boyle Some Motives & Incentives to Love of God 104 Absence and Rivalls, those frequent Ruiners of other Lovers happinesse. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 156. ⁋3 But commend me above all others to those who are known for your Ruiners of Ladies. 1773 O. Goldsmith Song in Misc. Wks. (1895) 688 But I will rally, and combat the ruiner; Not a look nor a smile shall my passion discover. 1814 P. B. Shelley Ess. & Lett. (1852) I. 163 His path..marked with the blood of the oppressor and the ruiner. 1878 N. Amer. Rev. 126 489 A protest against the rule of the ruiners is the dictate of prudence. 1916 Caledonian Aug. 190/2 A nation gone mad with pride, arrogance, intolerance, hatred the dominant spirit of its leaders, yet to be its ruiners. 2008 Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Nexis) 18 Jan. c1 Meth, that disgusting ruiner of lives and teeth, is notable for fueling horrific violence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1581 |
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