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ruthful

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹuːθ.fʊl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted fhlrtuuStarts with REnds with L0 clues
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Definitions

  1. feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

Word origin

From Middle English reuþful, reuthful, reowthful, equivalent to ruth + -ful.

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  • When last this ruthful month was come, / And in Linlithgow’s holy dome / The King, as wont, was praying; [...]
  • 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."

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