ruiniformadj.

Brit.

/ruːˈɪnᵻfɔːm/, U.S.

/ruˈɪnəˌfɔrm/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: ruin n., -iform comb. form.

Etymology: < ruin n. + -iform comb. form, after French ruiniforme ( R.-J. Haüy Traité de minéralogie (1801) IV. 457) or its model German ruinenförmig (1786 or earlier). Compare Italian ruiniforme (1817).

Geology.

Presenting the appearance of ruins; (of marble or other decorative stone) having distinctive markings likened to the outline of ruined buildings (cf. ruin n. Compounds 2).

ΚΠ

1805 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals 22 Ruiniform. Resembles something broken or ruined, as towns, &c. It occurs only in Florentine marble, which is from this circumstance called landscape marble.

1862 R. Mallet Great Neapolitan Earthquake of 1857 I. vi. 263 The towering and ruiniform crags, that form the highest summits of Monte Alburno.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XV. 800/1 In Swabia and some other parts of Germany the curious ruiniform marble Felsenkalk occurs on this horizon.

1944 S. Putnam tr. E. da Cunha Rebellion in Backlands i. §1. 15 The ruiniform aspect of the latter formations goes well with the other features.

2007 D. Ford & P. Williams Karst Hydrogeol. & Geomorphol. ix. 335/2 Ruiniform tracts are common on gentle hillslopes that have suffered deforestation.

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

单词	ruiniform
释义	ruiniformadj. Brit. /ruːˈɪnᵻfɔːm/, U.S. /ruˈɪnəˌfɔrm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: ruin n., -iform comb. form. Etymology: < ruin n. + -iform comb. form, after French ruiniforme ( R.-J. Haüy Traité de minéralogie (1801) IV. 457) or its model German ruinenförmig (1786 or earlier). Compare Italian ruiniforme (1817). Geology. Presenting the appearance of ruins; (of marble or other decorative stone) having distinctive markings likened to the outline of ruined buildings (cf. ruin n. Compounds 2). ΚΠ 1805 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals 22 Ruiniform. Resembles something broken or ruined, as towns, &c. It occurs only in Florentine marble, which is from this circumstance called landscape marble. 1862 R. Mallet Great Neapolitan Earthquake of 1857 I. vi. 263 The towering and ruiniform crags, that form the highest summits of Monte Alburno. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XV. 800/1 In Swabia and some other parts of Germany the curious ruiniform marble Felsenkalk occurs on this horizon. 1944 S. Putnam tr. E. da Cunha Rebellion in Backlands i. §1. 15 The ruiniform aspect of the latter formations goes well with the other features. 2007 D. Ford & P. Williams Karst Hydrogeol. & Geomorphol. ix. 335/2 Ruiniform tracts are common on gentle hillslopes that have suffered deforestation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1805
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