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Definition of Ruth
1. Noun. United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948).
Generic synonyms: Ballplayer, Baseball Player
2. Noun. The great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
3. Noun. A feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others. "The blind are too often objects of pity"
Generic synonyms: Fellow Feeling, Sympathy
Derivative terms: Commiserate, Pathetic, Piteous, Pity
4. Noun. A book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth who was not an Israelite but who married an Israelite and who stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband died.
Generic synonyms: Book
Group relationships: Old Testament, Hagiographa, Ketubim, Writings
Definition of Ruth
1. n. Sorrow for the misery of another; pity; tenderness.
Definition of Ruth
1. Proper noun. A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh. ¹
2. Proper noun. (biblical character) Ruth the Moabite, around whom the text centers. ¹
3. Proper noun. (Hebrew female given name). ¹
4. Noun. (archaic) Sorrow for the misery of another; pity, compassion; mercy. (defdate from 13th c.) ¹
5. Noun. (rare) Repentance; regret; remorse. (defdate from 13th c.) ¹
6. Noun. (obsolete) Sorrow; misery; distress. (defdate 13th-17th c.) ¹
7. Noun. (obsolete) Something which causes regret or sorrow; a pitiful sight. (defdate 13th-17th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ruth
1. compassion [n -S] - See also: compassion
Medical Definition of Ruth
1. 1. Sorrow for the misery of another; pity; tenderness. "They weep for ruth." "Have ruth of the poor." "To stir up gentle ruth, Both for her noble blood, and for her tender youth." (Spenser) 2. That which causes pity or compassion; misery; distress; a pitiful. "It had been hard this ruth for to see." (Chaucer) "With wretched miseries and woeful ruth." (Spenser) Origin: From Rue,: cf. Icel. Hryggth, hrygth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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