ruin of the year
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.30 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The dying back of deciduous plants in late autumn.
Example Sentences
- "Oh ! bid them cull the myrtle green, Whose deathless bowers adorn the scene, That round her humid cell appear Saved from the ruins of the year;"
- "And, adding to the ruins of the year, Distress the footed or the feathered game."
- "...which were certainly alive in the cunning with which they slipped away, the two boys were prancing about like young fawns in the ruin of the year. Wart's shoulder was well again."