OED traces ‘spoiler’ in this sense only to 1971 (Oxford English Dictionary, s.v. “spoiler (n.), additional sense,” December 2023, https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/83884….)
The 1535 Coverdale Bible quote is in the sense of a despoiler: “One who pillages, plunders, or robs”
I can’t see that there’s a sense for the verb ‘spoil’ that is specifically linked to disclosing a plot twist or the like; I’ll leave it to messrs Carmichael and Croaker to make the submission to the OED editors.
Comments
Third Reading
About Monday 31 December 1660
Flaneurben • Link
Spoiling:
OED traces ‘spoiler’ in this sense only to 1971 (Oxford English Dictionary, s.v. “spoiler (n.), additional sense,” December 2023, https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/83884….)
The 1535 Coverdale Bible quote is in the sense of a despoiler: “One who pillages, plunders, or robs”
I can’t see that there’s a sense for the verb ‘spoil’ that is specifically linked to disclosing a plot twist or the like; I’ll leave it to messrs Carmichael and Croaker to make the submission to the OED editors.