Word of the Day:
ruinous
What It Means
Causing ruin; destructive, calamitous.
Extremely costly; so expensive as to cause financial ruin.
Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.
They were forced to completely replace the roof at ruinous expense.
Did You Know?
From Middle English ruynous, from Old French ruinos, ruineus, from Latin ruīnōsus. By surface analysis, ruin + -ous.
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