ruthful

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈɹuːθ.fʊl/    美 /ˈɹuːθ.fʊl/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Full of sorrow; sorrowful; woeful; rueful.
  2. Causing pity; piteous.
    — An if it please thee! why, assure thee, Lucius, / 'Twill vex thy soul to hear what I shall speak; / For I must talk of murders, rapes, and massacres, / Acts of black night, abominable deeds, / Complots of mischief, treason, villainies, / Ruthful to hear, yet piteously perform'd:
  3. Full of ruth or pity; merciful; compassionate.
    — 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."

词形变化

more ruthful comparative most ruthful superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
ruthfully ruthfulness
相关词
ruth

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *hrewwaną
Proto-West Germanic *hreuwan
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Germanic *-ō
Proto-West Germanic *-u
Proto-West Germanic *hreuwu
Old English hrēow
Middle English rewe
Middle English -the
Old Norse hrygðinflu.
Middle English reuþe
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós
Proto-Germanic *fullaz
Proto-Germanic *-fullaz
Old English -ful
Middle English -ful
Middle English reuþful
English ruthful
From Middle English reuþful, reuthful, reowthful, equivalent to ruth + -ful.
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