Associations to the word «Ruth»

Wiktionary

RUTH, noun. (archaic) Sorrow for the misery of another; pity, compassion; mercy. [from 13th c.]
RUTH, noun. (now rare) Repentance; regret; remorse. [from 13th c.]
RUTH, noun. (obsolete) Sorrow; misery; distress. [13th-17th c.]
RUTH, noun. (obsolete) Something which causes regret or sorrow; a pitiful sight. [13th-17th c.]
RUTH, proper noun. A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
RUTH, proper noun. Ruth, the resident of Moab around whom the text centers.
RUTH, proper noun. A female given name.

Dictionary definition

RUTH, noun. United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948).
RUTH, noun. The great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
RUTH, noun. A feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity".
RUTH, 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.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats