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Ruth (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)

ruth(1) (iou)



ruth noun1. arch. ME.
[from RUE verb, prob. after Old Norse hryge: see -TH1. Cf. WROATH.]
Compassion, pity; the feeling of sorrow for another. ME.
Contrition, repentance; remorse. Now rare. ME.
Sorrow, grief, distress. Formerly also, an instance or expression of this. ME.
a. A cause of or reason for sorrow or regret. ME-E17.
b. Mischief; calamity; ruin. ME-M17.
ruthful adjective (a) compassionate, pitying; (b) that engenders compassion or pity, pitiable; (c) (esp. of a sound, action, etc.) expressing grief or sorrow; (d) (of a person or emotion) sad, dejected: ME.
ruthfully adverb (now rare) (a) in a pitiable way, piteously, dolefully; (b) compassionately: ME.
ruthfulness noun (rare) (a) sorrow, grief; (b) compassion: L16.