[], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- Of a building, town, etc.: in a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration. Now rare. In attributive use.

- Of land: exhausted and allowed to revert to the wild.


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in an earlier sense). From post-classical Latin ruinatus, past participle of ruinare ruin

[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- Formerly cultivated land which has reverted to the wild; a tract of such land.


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in an earlier sense). From post-classical Latin ruinatus, past participle of ruinare ruin

[], (Verb)

Definitions:
- To reduce (a person) to a state of complete poverty; to deprive of moral or social standing. Also reflexive. Compare "ruin". Now frequently regional.

- To cause great and usually irreparable damage to (something). Compare "ruin" Now chiefly archaic and regional.


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century. From post-classical Latin ruinat-, past participial stem of ruinare ruin