spoilt

spoilt
    adj 1: having the character or disposition harmed by pampering
           or oversolicitous attention; "a spoiled child" [syn:
           {spoiled}, {spoilt}]
    2: (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; "bad
       meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food" [syn: {bad},
       {spoiled}, {spoilt}]
    3: affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or
       prosperity; "a blighted rose"; "blighted urban districts"
       [syn: {blighted}, {spoilt}]
    

Spoil \Spoil\ (spoil), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spoiled} (spoild) or
   {Spoilt} (spoilt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Spoiling}.] [F. spolier,
   OF. espoillier, fr. L. spoliare, fr. spolium spoil. Cf.
   {Despoil}, {Spoliation}.]
   1. To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; --
      with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil
      one of his goods or possessions. "Ye shall spoil the
      Egyptians." --Ex. iii. 22.
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            My sons their old, unhappy sire despise,
            Spoiled of his kingdom, and deprived of eyes.
                                                  --Pope.
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   2. To seize by violence; to take by force; to plunder.
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            No man can enter into a strong man's house, and
            spoil his goods, except he will first bind the
            strong man.                           --Mark iii.
                                                  27.
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   3. To cause to decay and perish; to corrupt; to vitiate; to
      mar.
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            Spiritual pride spoils many graces.   --Jer. Taylor.
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   4. To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin;
      to destroy; as, to spoil paper; to have the crops spoiled
      by insects; to spoil the eyes by reading.
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