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unruth

unruth noun: a lack of ruth; mercilessness, pitilessness.

Noun

unruth (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, poetic) A lack of ruth; mercilessness, pitilessness.
    • Whereat in a moment of cross unruth / He thought, "All right if you want the truth!"1942, Robert Frost, “The Discovery Of The Madeiras”, in A Witness Tree

Origin of unruth

From un- + ruth (“pity, compassion, mercy”).

Questions about unruth

What does unruth mean?
Unruth means a lack of ruth; mercilessness, pitilessness.
What part of speech is unruth?
Unruth is a noun.

Words near unruth in the dictionary

  1. unrusticated
  2. unrusting
  3. unrustling
  4. unrusts
  5. unrusty
  6. unruth
  7. unrutted
  8. UNRWA
  9. unryu-gata
  10. uns
  11. unsabbatical

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