Ruinates is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.
You can make 564 anagrams from letters in ruinates (aeinrstu).
1530-40; Medieval Latin ruīnātus, past participle of ruīnāre. See ruin, -ate1
So Theobald, in accordance with the rime, read for ruinate of the folio.
The house, save for the actual fabric of it, had become rather dilapidated and ruinate.