ruinate1
/ˈruːɪnət/ /ˈruːɪneɪt/adjective
1In attributive use.
2Chiefly Jamaican. Of land: exhausted and allowed to revert to the wild.
noun
Chiefly Jamaican. Formerly cultivated land which has reverted to the wild; a tract of such land.
Origin
Mid 16th century (in an earlier sense). From post-classical Latin ruinatus, past participle of ruinare ruin.
ruinate2
/ˈruːɪneɪt/(also ruinaayte, ruineyat)
verb
1 [with object] To reduce (a person) to a state of complete poverty; to deprive of moral or social standing. Also refl. Compare ruin. Now frequently regional.
2 [with object] To cause great and usually irreparable damage to (something). Compare ruin Now chiefly archaic and regional.
Origin
Mid 16th century. From post-classical Latin ruinat-, past participial stem of ruinare ruin.
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