ruthe
ruthe is the alternative spelling of rute.
ruthe is the alternative spelling of ruth.
Meaning of rute
Noun
rute (plural rutes)
Meaning of ruth
Noun
ruth (countable and uncountable, plural ruths)
- Sorrow for the misery of another person; compassion, mercy, pity.
- The dead mans corps hath made ſome Serpents weépe, / Such rewth may ryſe in beaſts of bloudy race: / And yet can man (which bragges aboue the reſt) / Uſe wracke [vengeance] for rewth? can murder like him beſt?1575, Jacques du Fouilloux, “The Hare, to the Hunter”, in George Gascoigne, transl., The Noble Art of Venerie or Hunting. […], London: […] Thomas Purfoot, published 1611, →OCLC, page 177
- Synonyms:
- commiseration, rue, bowels, compassion, empathy, fellow feeling, mercy, pity, remorse, sympathy
- Antonyms:
- unruth
- Regret, remorse, repentance.
- But, what afflicts my peace with keenest ruth, / Is, that I have my inner self abused, / Forgone the home delight of constant truth, / And clear and open soul, so prized in fearless youth.1798, [William Wordsworth], “The Female Vagrant”, in Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems, London: […] J[ohn] & A[rthur] Arch, […], →OCLC, page 83
- Synonyms:
- contrition, agenbite, remorse, rue, compunction, guilt, penitence, repentance, self-reproach, sorriness
- Matter for regret or sorrow; calamity, ruin; also, occasion for regret or sorrow; (countable) an instance of this; a disaster, a pitiful thing.
- They ſay it is a ruth to ſee thy louer neede, / But you can ſee me vveepe, but you can ſee me bleede: / And neuer ſhrinke nor ſhame, ne ſhed no teare at all, / You make my vvounds your ſelfe, and fill them vp vvith gall: […]1589, attributed to George Puttenham, “Of Figures Sententious, otherwise Called Rhetoricall”, in The Arte of English Poesie. […], London: […] Richard Field, […], →OCLC, 3rd booke (Of Ornament), pages...
- Synonyms:
- hardship, sorrow, affliction, aggrievance, distress, grief, grievance, misery, sadness, undelight
- Distress, misery, sorrow.
- High on a hill a goodly Cedar grevve, / Of vvondrous length, and ſtreight proportion, / […] / Shortly vvithin her inmoſt pith there bred / A little vvicked vvorme, perceiu'd of none, / That on her ſap and vitall moyſture fed: / Thenceforth her garland ſo much honoured / Began to die, (O great ruth...1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Visions of the Worlds Vanitie”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC, stanza 7, signature...
- Synonyms:
- dejection, unhappiness, blueness, tristesse, mirthless, blues, crestfallenness, depression, despondency, distress
Proper noun capitalized: Ruthe
Ruthe
- A surname.
- Undaunted by the occasion, Ruthe went on to become the first 15-year-old to run a sub-four-minute mile, even managing a nonchalant shrug of the shoulders as he crossed the finish line.2025 March 29, George Ramsay and Patrick Snell, “Aged 15, New Zealander Sam Ruthe has already run a four-minute mile. He would ‘love to try and qualify’ for the 2028 Olympics”, in CNN
Forms of ruthe
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Questions about ruthe
- What does ruthe mean?
- Ruthe means a surname.
- What is ruthe the alternative spelling of?
- Ruthe is the alternative spelling of rute.
- What part of speech is ruthe?
- Ruthe is a proper noun.
Words near ruthe in the dictionary
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