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Word of the Day for Thursday, June 10, 2010 ruth \ROOTH\, noun: 1. Compassion or pity for another. 2. Sorrow or misery about one's own misdeeds or flaws. 3. In the Bible, a Moabite woman who married Boaz and became an ancestor of David: the daughter-in-law of Naomi. 4. Book of the Bible bearing her name. 5. A female given name. Even when she had been loudest in denouncing Ayala's mutiny, her heart had melted in ruth because Ayala had been so unhappy. -- Anthony Trollope, Ayala's Angel And speak me no soft words in ruth or pity, but tell me plainly how thou didst get sight of him. -- Homer, The Odyssey Distinct from the Biblical figure, ruth is a descendent of the Middle English ruthe, from Old Norse hrygdh. Read the full entry | See synonyms | Comment on today's word | Suggest tomorrow's word Yesterday's word | Previous words | Help
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