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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| ruth |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r th |
| NOUN: | 1. Compassion or pity for another. 2. Sorrow or misery about one's own misdeeds or flaws. |
| ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English ruthe, from Old Norse hrygdh (influenced by Old English hr ow, sorrow, regret).
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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