ruiner

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.98 in modern English

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noun

"There was a ruined uncle in the family group—ruined by his brother, the Father of the Marshalsea, and knowing no more how than his ruiner did, but accepting the fact as something that could not be helped."

Etymology tree English ruin Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English ruiner From ruin + -er.

ruiners (plural)

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What does ruiner mean?

Someone who ruins.

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