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ruesome

adj

Etymology

From rue + -some.

  1. derived from ῥυτή
  2. derived from rūta
  3. derived from rue
  4. derived from ruwe
  5. inherited from rue
  6. suffixed as ruesome — “rue + some”

Definitions

  1. rueful

  2. to be regretted

    to be regretted; unfortunate

    • In his message to the Legislature in 1874, Governor Austin made the ruesome statement that "our railroads have been almost wholly built by foreign capital!"

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA