"ruinous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɹuː.ɪnəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ruinous.wav [UK], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-ruinous.wav [US] Forms: more ruinous [comparative], most ruinous [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English ruynous, from Old French ruinos, ruineus, from Latin ruīnōsus. By surface analysis, ruin + -ous. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ruynous}} Middle English ruynous, {{der|en|fro|ruinos}} Old French ruinos, {{m|fro|ruineus}} ruineus, {{der|en|la|ruīnōsus}} Latin ruīnōsus, {{surf|en|ruin|-ous}} By surface analysis, ruin + -ous Head templates: {{en-adj}} ruinous (comparative more ruinous, superlative most ruinous)
  1. Causing ruin; destructive, calamitous Translations (destructive): ruinosu (Asturian), разрушителен (razrušitelen) (Bulgarian), гибелен (gibelen) (Bulgarian), ruïnós (Catalan), ruineux (French), rovinoso (Italian), calamitōsus (Latin), perniciosus (Latin), ruinneux (Norman), ruinoso (Portuguese), arruinósu (Sardinian), sgriosail (Scottish Gaelic), ruinoso (Spanish), rovinóxo (Venetian)
    Sense id: en-ruinous-en-adj-VQoz8Yyi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ous Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 34 34 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 35 40 25 Disambiguation of 'destructive': 92 6 2
  2. Extremely costly; so expensive as to cause financial ruin.
    Sense id: en-ruinous-en-adj-GMRK38WB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ous Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 34 34 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 35 40 25
  3. Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state. Synonyms (characterized by ruin): ramshackle
    Sense id: en-ruinous-en-adj-Y6SFohMf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ous Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 34 34 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 35 40 25 Disambiguation of 'characterized by ruin': 26 16 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ruinously, ruinousness

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