ruthful
adjEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hrewwaną Proto-West Germanic *hreuwan Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Germanic *-ō Proto-West Germanic *-u Proto-West Germanic *hreuwu Old English hrēow Middle English rewe Middle English -the Old Norse hrygðinflu. Middle English reuþe Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful Middle English reuþful English ruthful From Middle English reuþful, reuthful, reowthful, equivalent to ruth + -ful.
- inherited from reuþful
Definitions
Full of sorrow
Full of sorrow; sorrowful; woeful; rueful.
Causing pity
Causing pity; piteous.
- When last this ruthful month was come, / And in Linlithgow’s holy dome / The King, as wont, was praying; [...]
Full of ruth or pity
Full of ruth or pity; merciful; compassionate.
- Then he bestowed robes of honour on the nurses wet and dry and said to them, "Be ye ruthful over them and rear them after the goodliest fashion."
The neighborhood
- neighborruth
Derived
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA