ruthfuladj.n.

Brit.

/ˈruːθf(ᵿ)l/, U.S.

/ˈruθf(ə)l/

Forms: see ruth n. and -ful suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ruth n., -ful suffix.

Etymology: < ruth n. + -ful suffix. Compare rueful adj.

archaic.

1. Full of compassion or pity; compassionate; merciful. Also as n. (with the with plural agreement): those people who are compassionate or merciful.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > compassion > [adjective] > pitying or compassionate

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c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Royal) (1934) 17 (MED) Arude, reowðful[Bodl. reowfule] godd, mi sawle of sweordes egge.

c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 115 Se luueful. & se reowðful[?c1225 Cleo. rewful] is heorte. hire Ich chulle makien hire he seið to reowðful mid alle.

a1250 Ureisun ure Louerde (Nero) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 201 (MED) Weneð ei to beon bi-clupped bitweonen þine blisfulle ermes in heouene, bute he worpe er him her bi-tweonen þine rewðful ermes oðe rode?

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 198 (MED) Þe rewþeuolle and þo þet doþ ham..to þe workes of merci..ssolle by do in-to sayzine of þe riche of heuene.

a1400 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 254 (MED) Biholt, þou man wiþ Routhful herte, Þe sharpe scourge wiþ knottes smerte.

a1450 (a1325) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (London Univ.) 6780 Reuthful [c1325 Calig. Reufol he was to nedi men, of is almes large & fre].

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 132 Ane lufe..So riche, so rewthfull and discreit,..Nevir moir salbe nor ȝit hes bene.

a1525 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Trin. Dublin) (1896) 32 (MED) Reymond trauayllet about for to dylyuere ham, as a man of reuthful mode [Rawl. pitefull herte].

1595 R. Barnefielde Cassandra in Cynthia sig. E1 It mou'd compassion in this ruthfull Dame.

1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer iv. 1029 Who on me cast A ruthfull eye.

1748 G. Ridley in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems (ed. 2) III. 33 She stop'd: And albe heav'nly born, Ruthful of others woe, began to mourn.

1794 R. Lee Flowers from Sharon 142 Good-will to Man beams in her ruthful Eyes.

1827 T. Hood Hero & Leander xxvi, in Plea Midsummer Fairies & Other Poems 77 Let ruthful dolphins rest him on their back.

1882 P. H. Hayne Poems 235 O! mother-earth, thou hast a ruthful breast, Which yearns to fold thy humblest child from pain.

1939 R. O. Ballou et al. tr. Tao-te-king lxix, in Bible of World (1940) 501 Therefore when opposing armies meet in the field the ruthful will win.

1950 B. Schulberg Disenchanted iv. 36 He had never known a woman so ruthful.

2006 New York Post (Nexis) 16 June 44 Dargis is supposed to be ruthless, but he chooses the most ruthful method of assassination: He puts Prince in a basket and floats him down the river.

2. That excites compassion or pity; lamentable, piteous.

†a. Of things observed or experienced. Also: dreadful, calamitous. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > compassion > quality of exciting pity > [adjective]

armlyeOE

unseelyOE

rulyOE

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remorseful?1615

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little-boy-lost1957

c1225 (?c1200) Sawles Warde (Bodl.) (1938) 14 (MED) Ich walde..þolien a þusent deaðes to arudden him ut þrof swa is þe sihðe grislich & reowðful to bihalden.

c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 166 Þe oðer þing is þe muchele & te reowðfule[a1300 Caius dreadfule] lure þet he leoseð. þet na þing þet he deð nis gode licwurðe.

?a1300 Maximian (Digby) l. 250 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 100 (MED) Reuþfoul is mi reed; Hoe makeþ me selden gled Mi wif þat sholde be.

c1390 Castle of Love (Vernon) (1967) 197 (MED) Þus Adam þorw reuþful rage Was cast out of his heritage.

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) ix. 9 (MED) In Aust ek, yf the vyneyerd be lene And she, thy vyne, a ruthful thing to se [L. miserior] thre stryk..of lupynes demene On vche aker.

a1500 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 116 (MED) Ihesu..Write in my hert þat reuthful [a1425 BL Add. rewful] syȝt, To loken on thy modyr fre When þou were honget on roode tre.

1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid iv. Prol. 71 The reuthfull smert and lamentable cace..of Leander ȝing.

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus v. i. 66 Complots of mischiefe, treason, villanies, Ruthfull to heare.

a1609 J. Milwarde Jacobs Great Day (1610) sig. I3^v Jeremy..makes a description of a sad and ruthfull day.., a day of sorrow.

1655 J. Owen Vindiciæ Evangelicæ in Wks. (1853) XII. 460 Astonishment arising from the contemplation of some ruthful spectacle.

1706 N. Rowe Ulysses iii. i It is a heavy and a ruthful Tale.

1789 Walker's Hibernian Mag. May 270/1 So that men May love as brothers, not as brutes behold A human wretch in agonizing pangs, And pass insensate by, tho' sent by fate To aid the throbs of ruthful poverty.

1808 W. Scott Marmion iv. xvi. 202 When last this ruthful month was come.

1840 R. Browning Sordello i. 687 Or say a ruthful chance broke woof and warp.

a1895 C. F. Alexander Poems (1896) iii. 340 There came a breath from Heaven, all cold and chill, As angels sighed above that ruthful scene.

1907 E. Dale National Life & Char. in Mirror of Early Eng. Lit. i. 44 It is a ruthful thing to the heart of Beowulf..when his home among the Geats is destroyed by the ravager.

b. Of sounds, actions, a person's expression, etc. Also: expressive of grief, sorrow, or regret.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adjective]

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charyOE

mourningOE

sorrowingOE

sorryOE

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dolefulc1275

plaintivea1393

complainingc1430

lamentable?a1475

plaining?c1475

dolent1490

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plaintfula1542

dirge-like1561

yearnfula1566

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wailful1579

lamentinga1586

weepy1602

deplorative1610

deploringa1616

gement1656

condolent1691

dirgeful1793

dirgy1830

lamentful1876

c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Bodl.) (1981) l. 58 (MED) Ifont ter swiðe feole..þeotinde unþuldeliche wið reowðfule[a1250 Titus reowfule; c1225 Royal rewfule] reames.

?a1300 Iacob & Iosep (Bodl.) (1916) l. 418 (MED) Alle þese ten breþren turneþ hem aȝein Mid reuþfule wepe & mid dreri drem.

a1350 (?c1225) King Horn (Harl.) (1901) l. 901 (MED) Þe kyng wiþ reuþful chere lette leggen is sones on bere.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 14301 (MED) Lazares frendes þat þere were Cryed & made reuþeful chere.

a1425 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Linc. Inn) (1952) 5225 (MED) Parforce men liggiþ heom bye, And þanne þey maken areouþful crye.

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xviii. lxxvi. sig. eevi^v/2 He [sc. the cat] makyth a ruthefull noyse & gastfull whan one profryth to fyghte wyth a nother.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) 4100 Quhill all the rochis rang With..reuthfull reird.

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Aug. 150 And tune your pypes as ruthful as ye may.

1598 B. Yong tr. G. Polo Enamoured Diana in tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 400 My ruthfull song and verse shall not intreate..Of any flames.

1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) v. 181 The voyce ought sometimes to bee interrupted with wofull exclamations and ruthfull repetitions.

1663 E. Sparke Θυσιαστηριον (ed. 3) 218 Wheresoever is this man of sorrows, there is likewise the same Ruthfull Ecce! Behold the man!

1727 R. Daniel Royal Penitent 40 Let this my ruthful Look, this matted Hair, Let these my hollow Eyes express my Care.

a1779 T. Penrose Poems (1781) 73 Aghast awhile she heard the ruthful song.

1861 J. C. H. Fane & Ld. Lytton Tannhäuser 67 To do this desperate wrong in sight of all The ruthful faces of the Saints in Heaven.

1920 T. B. Aldrich Crowding Memories 223 I remember well on this occasion the ruthful and perplexed expression of a caller's face.

2006 S. Abé Smoke Thief (ed. 2) i. 17 Her mouth took on a ruthful slant.

†c. Of people or feelings. Also: sad, dejected, doleful. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective]

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1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. xiii. 209 Thir sa gret dolouris mycht I end in hy, And with my reuthfull brother go.

1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 10 Most greedy gripes with plunging paines, doe pierce my ruthfull hart.

1584 R. Greene Gwydonius f. 59^v She who of late was a royall Princesse, was now a ruthfull prisoner.

1684 T. D'Urfey Malecontent iv. 4 His Ruthfull discontents desir'd to know.

1792 G. Dyer Poems 7 Now wild she laughs in ruthful pain; Then clinks in scorn the galling chain.

1831 F. Palgrave Hist. Anglo-Saxons 352 Sad and ruthful were the forebodings of the English.

1877 ‘H. Mathers’ Token of Silver Lily v. 149 She turned not pale, nor wept, Nor gave one sign of ruthful misery.

1890 ‘Æ. Prince’ Of Joyous Gard i. 8 With wailing tone He sang his ruthful pains.

Compounds

† ruthful-hearted adj. Obsolete rare

ΚΠ

1568 A. Scott Poems (1896) xxxiv. 52 Ȝe rame as ȝe wer rent, And thay ar rewthfull hairtit.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ruthful
释义	ruthfuladj.n. Brit. /ˈruːθf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈruθf(ə)l/ Forms: see ruth n. and -ful suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ruth n., -ful suffix. Etymology: < ruth n. + -ful suffix. Compare rueful adj. archaic. 1. Full of compassion or pity; compassionate; merciful. Also as n. (with the with plural agreement): those people who are compassionate or merciful. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > [adjective] > pitying or compassionate ruefulc1225 ruthfulc1225 piteousc1300 pietousa1393 rueinga1400 piec1429 compassionable1548 compassioned?1578 miserable1584 compassionate1587 pitying1589 eleemosynous?1590 humane1603 compassionful1604 remorsive1606 remorseful1610 compassive1612 yearnful1633 c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Royal) (1934) 17 (MED) Arude, reowðful[Bodl. reowfule] godd, mi sawle of sweordes egge. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 115 Se luueful. & se reowðful[?c1225 Cleo. rewful] is heorte. hire Ich chulle makien hire he seið to reowðful mid alle. a1250 Ureisun ure Louerde (Nero) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 201 (MED) Weneð ei to beon bi-clupped bitweonen þine blisfulle ermes in heouene, bute he worpe er him her bi-tweonen þine rewðful ermes oðe rode? 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 198 (MED) Þe rewþeuolle and þo þet doþ ham..to þe workes of merci..ssolle by do in-to sayzine of þe riche of heuene. a1400 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 254 (MED) Biholt, þou man wiþ Routhful herte, Þe sharpe scourge wiþ knottes smerte. a1450 (a1325) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (London Univ.) 6780 Reuthful [c1325 Calig. Reufol he was to nedi men, of is almes large & fre]. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 132 Ane lufe..So riche, so rewthfull and discreit,..Nevir moir salbe nor ȝit hes bene. a1525 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Trin. Dublin) (1896) 32 (MED) Reymond trauayllet about for to dylyuere ham, as a man of reuthful mode [Rawl. pitefull herte]. 1595 R. Barnefielde Cassandra in Cynthia sig. E1 It mou'd compassion in this ruthfull Dame. 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer iv. 1029 Who on me cast A ruthfull eye. 1748 G. Ridley in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems (ed. 2) III. 33 She stop'd: And albe heav'nly born, Ruthful of others woe, began to mourn. 1794 R. Lee Flowers from Sharon 142 Good-will to Man beams in her ruthful Eyes. 1827 T. Hood Hero & Leander xxvi, in Plea Midsummer Fairies & Other Poems 77 Let ruthful dolphins rest him on their back. 1882 P. H. Hayne Poems 235 O! mother-earth, thou hast a ruthful breast, Which yearns to fold thy humblest child from pain. 1939 R. O. Ballou et al. tr. Tao-te-king lxix, in Bible of World (1940) 501 Therefore when opposing armies meet in the field the ruthful will win. 1950 B. Schulberg Disenchanted iv. 36 He had never known a woman so ruthful. 2006 New York Post (Nexis) 16 June 44 Dargis is supposed to be ruthless, but he chooses the most ruthful method of assassination: He puts Prince in a basket and floats him down the river. 2. That excites compassion or pity; lamentable, piteous. †a. Of things observed or experienced. Also: dreadful, calamitous. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > quality of exciting pity > [adjective] armlyeOE unseelyOE rulyOE ruefulc1225 ruthfulc1225 sorryc1225 piteousc1300 poorc1300 ruthlyc1300 pietousa1393 pitifulc1450 lamentablec1460 miserable?a1475 pitiablec1475 execrable1490 plainful1555 tristsum1567 passionatea1586 touchinga1586 pathetic1591 melting1593 remorseful?1615 compassionate1630 compassionable1635 ruesome1833 po'1866 little-boy-lost1957 c1225 (?c1200) Sawles Warde (Bodl.) (1938) 14 (MED) Ich walde..þolien a þusent deaðes to arudden him ut þrof swa is þe sihðe grislich & reowðful to bihalden. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 166 Þe oðer þing is þe muchele & te reowðfule[a1300 Caius dreadfule] lure þet he leoseð. þet na þing þet he deð nis gode licwurðe. ?a1300 Maximian (Digby) l. 250 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 100 (MED) Reuþfoul is mi reed; Hoe makeþ me selden gled Mi wif þat sholde be. c1390 Castle of Love (Vernon) (1967) 197 (MED) Þus Adam þorw reuþful rage Was cast out of his heritage. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) ix. 9 (MED) In Aust ek, yf the vyneyerd be lene And she, thy vyne, a ruthful thing to se [L. miserior] thre stryk..of lupynes demene On vche aker. a1500 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 116 (MED) Ihesu..Write in my hert þat reuthful [a1425 BL Add. rewful] syȝt, To loken on thy modyr fre When þou were honget on roode tre. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid iv. Prol. 71 The reuthfull smert and lamentable cace..of Leander ȝing. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus v. i. 66 Complots of mischiefe, treason, villanies, Ruthfull to heare. View more context for this quotation a1609 J. Milwarde Jacobs Great Day (1610) sig. I3^v Jeremy..makes a description of a sad and ruthfull day.., a day of sorrow. 1655 J. Owen Vindiciæ Evangelicæ in Wks. (1853) XII. 460 Astonishment arising from the contemplation of some ruthful spectacle. 1706 N. Rowe Ulysses iii. i It is a heavy and a ruthful Tale. 1789 Walker's Hibernian Mag. May 270/1 So that men May love as brothers, not as brutes behold A human wretch in agonizing pangs, And pass insensate by, tho' sent by fate To aid the throbs of ruthful poverty. 1808 W. Scott Marmion iv. xvi. 202 When last this ruthful month was come. 1840 R. Browning Sordello i. 687 Or say a ruthful chance broke woof and warp. a1895 C. F. Alexander Poems (1896) iii. 340 There came a breath from Heaven, all cold and chill, As angels sighed above that ruthful scene. 1907 E. Dale National Life & Char. in Mirror of Early Eng. Lit. i. 44 It is a ruthful thing to the heart of Beowulf..when his home among the Geats is destroyed by the ravager. b. Of sounds, actions, a person's expression, etc. Also: expressive of grief, sorrow, or regret. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adjective] carefulOE charyOE mourningOE sorrowingOE sorryOE balec1220 heavy?c1225 ruefulc1225 ruthfulc1225 sorrowful?c1225 dolefulc1275 plaintivea1393 complainingc1430 lamentable?a1475 plaining?c1475 dolent1490 lamentatious1532 troublous1535 plaintfula1542 dirge-like1561 yearnfula1566 waymenting1573 mestive1575 lamentatory1576 mestful1577 wailful1579 lamentinga1586 weepy1602 deplorative1610 deploringa1616 gement1656 condolent1691 dirgeful1793 dirgy1830 lamentful1876 c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Bodl.) (1981) l. 58 (MED) Ifont ter swiðe feole..þeotinde unþuldeliche wið reowðfule[a1250 Titus reowfule; c1225 Royal rewfule] reames. ?a1300 Iacob & Iosep (Bodl.) (1916) l. 418 (MED) Alle þese ten breþren turneþ hem aȝein Mid reuþfule wepe & mid dreri drem. a1350 (?c1225) King Horn (Harl.) (1901) l. 901 (MED) Þe kyng wiþ reuþful chere lette leggen is sones on bere. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 14301 (MED) Lazares frendes þat þere were Cryed & made reuþeful chere. a1425 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Linc. Inn) (1952) 5225 (MED) Parforce men liggiþ heom bye, And þanne þey maken areouþful crye. 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xviii. lxxvi. sig. eevi^v/2 He [sc. the cat] makyth a ruthefull noyse & gastfull whan one profryth to fyghte wyth a nother. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) 4100 Quhill all the rochis rang With..reuthfull reird. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Aug. 150 And tune your pypes as ruthful as ye may. 1598 B. Yong tr. G. Polo Enamoured Diana in tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 400 My ruthfull song and verse shall not intreate..Of any flames. 1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) v. 181 The voyce ought sometimes to bee interrupted with wofull exclamations and ruthfull repetitions. 1663 E. Sparke Θυσιαστηριον (ed. 3) 218 Wheresoever is this man of sorrows, there is likewise the same Ruthfull Ecce! Behold the man! 1727 R. Daniel Royal Penitent 40 Let this my ruthful Look, this matted Hair, Let these my hollow Eyes express my Care. a1779 T. Penrose Poems (1781) 73 Aghast awhile she heard the ruthful song. 1861 J. C. H. Fane & Ld. Lytton Tannhäuser 67 To do this desperate wrong in sight of all The ruthful faces of the Saints in Heaven. 1920 T. B. Aldrich Crowding Memories 223 I remember well on this occasion the ruthful and perplexed expression of a caller's face. 2006 S. Abé Smoke Thief (ed. 2) i. 17 Her mouth took on a ruthful slant. †c. Of people or feelings. Also: sad, dejected, doleful. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] ungladc888 wearyc888 drearyc1000 dreary-moodOE heavyc1000 unmerryOE droopy?c1225 mournc1275 sada1300 languishinga1325 amayedc1330 matec1330 unlightc1330 unblissful1340 lowa1382 mishappyc1390 dullc1393 elengely1393 droopinga1400 heavy-hearteda1400 joylessa1400 sytefula1400 mornifc1400 tristy?c1400 lightless?1406 heartlessa1413 tristc1420 amatec1425 languoring?c1425 mirthlessc1430 heavisome1435 darkc1440 gloomingc1440 comfortlessc1460 amateda1470 chermatc1475 tristfula1492 lustless?1507 dolorous1513 ruthful1513 downcast1521 deject1528 heartsicka1529 lumpisha1535 coolc1540 dowlyc1540 glum1547 discouraged1548 uncheerfulc1555 dumpish1560 out of heart1565 sadded1566 amoped1573 tristive1578 desolated1580 dejected1581 à la mort1586 delightless1589 afflicted1590 gladless1590 groanful1590 gloomya1593 muddy1592 sitheful1592 cloudy1594 leaden-hearted1596 disconsolated1598 clum1599 life-weary1599 spiritless1600 dusky1602 chop-fallen1604 flat1604 disanimated1605 jaw-fallen1605 moped1606 chap-fallen1608 decheerful1608 uncheerful1612 lacklustrea1616 pulled1616 dumpya1618 depressed1621 head-hung1632 grum1640 downa1644 dispirited1647 down-at-mouth1649 down in (rarely of) the mouth1649 unhearted1650 sunlessa1658 sadful1658 unlightened1659 chagrin1665 saddened1665 damp1667 moping1674 desponding1688 tristitious1694 unenjoying1697 unraised1697 unheartya1699 unked1698 despondent1699 dismal1705 unjoyful1709 unrejoiced1714 dreara1717 disheartened1720 mumpish1721 unrejoicing1726 downhearted1742 out of spirits1745 chagrineda1754 low-spirited1753 sombrea1767 black-blooded1771 glumpy1780 oorie1787 sombrous1789 morose1791 Novemberish1793 glumpish1800 mopeful1800 die-away1802 blue-devilish1804 blue-devilled1807 malagrugrous1818 down in the hip1826 yonderly1828 sunshineless1831 downfaced1832 broody1851 in a (or the) trough1856 blue-devilly1871 drooped1873 glummy1884 pippy1886 humpy1889 pipped1914 lousy1933 pissed1943 crappy1956 doomy1961 bummed1970 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. xiii. 209 Thir sa gret dolouris mycht I end in hy, And with my reuthfull brother go. 1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 10 Most greedy gripes with plunging paines, doe pierce my ruthfull hart. 1584 R. Greene Gwydonius f. 59^v She who of late was a royall Princesse, was now a ruthfull prisoner. 1684 T. D'Urfey Malecontent iv. 4 His Ruthfull discontents desir'd to know. 1792 G. Dyer Poems 7 Now wild she laughs in ruthful pain; Then clinks in scorn the galling chain. 1831 F. Palgrave Hist. Anglo-Saxons 352 Sad and ruthful were the forebodings of the English. 1877 ‘H. Mathers’ Token of Silver Lily v. 149 She turned not pale, nor wept, Nor gave one sign of ruthful misery. 1890 ‘Æ. Prince’ Of Joyous Gard i. 8 With wailing tone He sang his ruthful pains. Compounds † ruthful-hearted adj. Obsolete rare ΚΠ 1568 A. Scott Poems (1896) xxxiv. 52 Ȝe rame as ȝe wer rent, And thay ar rewthfull hairtit. 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