ruth

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[ruːθ], (Noun)

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- a feeling of pity, distress, or grief


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Middle English: from the verb rue, probably influenced by Old Norse hrygth


[ruːθ], (Noun)

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- a book of the Bible telling the story of Ruth, a Moabite woman, who married her deceased husband's kinsman Boaz and bore a son who became grandfather to King David


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