spoilt

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /spɔɪlt/ UK /spɔɪlt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
ruined, or excessively indulged so as to be selfish (chiefly British)

The spoilt child screamed until she was handed the toy.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · ruined, or excessively... rotten tainted ruinedpamperedindulged

Opposites

fresh unspoiled disciplined

Word family

Related forms spoil spoiled spoilage

Etymology

British past participle of spoil + -t; spoil derives from Old French espoillier, from Latin spoliare ('to strip, plunder').

spoliare Latin spolium Latin

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Describing Qualities Register & Style

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# spoilt

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /spɔɪlt/
**IPA (UK):** /spɔɪlt/

## Meanings
1. ruined, or excessively indulged so as to be selfish (chiefly British)

## Examples
- The spoilt child screamed until she was handed the toy.

## Synonyms
- rotten
- tainted
- ruined
- pampered
- indulged

## Antonyms
- fresh
- unspoiled
- disciplined

## Related Forms
- spoil
- spoiled
- spoilage

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: spoliare
- Root: spolium

## Etymology
British past participle of spoil + -t; spoil derives from Old French espoillier, from Latin spoliare ('to strip, plunder').

## AI Etymology
Spoilt is the British past participle of spoil + -t; spoil derives from Old French espoillier, from Latin spoliare ('to strip, plunder'). The historical chain includes Latin spoliare and Latin spolium. Older glosses in the chain include "to strip, plunder", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, spoilt is best read as compound, suffixal formation, and borrowing, yielding an English adjective and verb shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a adjective and verb, with the sense "ruined, or excessively indulged so as to be selfish (chiefly British)". related forms include spoil, spoiled, and spoilage. The result is an English adjective and verb whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Register & Style

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