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Ruinenlust

Ruinenlust noun: obsession with ruins.

Noun

Ruinenlust (uncountable)

  1. (literary, rare) Obsession with ruins.

Origin of Ruinenlust

Borrowed from German Ruinenlust.

Questions about Ruinenlust

What does Ruinenlust mean?
Ruinenlust means obsession with ruins.
What part of speech is Ruinenlust?
Ruinenlust is a noun.

Words near Ruinenlust in the dictionary

  1. ruinator
  2. ruinators
  3. ruine
  4. ruined
  5. ruined orgasm
  6. Ruinenlust
  7. ruiner
  8. ruiners
  9. ruinest
  10. ruineth
  11. ruing

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