different between euth vs ruth

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ju?/
• Homophone: youth

Verb

euth (third-person singular simple present euths, present participle euthing, simple past and past participle euthed)

1. (science fiction) To euthanize.
   • 1973, Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama

     Thereafter the job of euthing was transferred to the chief medical officer, who it was felt would have less emotional involvement.

Noun

euth (uncountable)

1. (informal) Euthanasia.

Anagrams

• Huet, Uthe

English

Etymology

From Middle English reuþe, ruthe, reuthe, rewthe, reowthe, corresponding to rue +? -th, perhaps after early Scandinavian (compare Old Norse hrygð, hryggð (“ruth, sorrow”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u??/
• Rhymes: -u??

Noun

ruth (uncountable)

1. (archaic) Sorrow for the misery of another; pity, compassion; mercy. [from 13th c.]
   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter IV, 1859, New York, Harper & Brothers, page 14:

     under her light eyebrows glimmered an eye devoid of ruth […].

   • 2011, Turisas (Mathias Nygård), Hunting Pirates

     Scum they are! —Foe of mankind!

     Clear the sea! —Show no ruth!

2. (now rare) Repentance; regret; remorse. [from 13th c.]
   • 1896, A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XLIV, 2005, The Works of A. E. Housman [1994, The Collected Poems of A. E. Housman], page 61,

     Now to your grave shall friend and stranger / With ruth and some with envy come […].

   • ~1937, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fall of Arthur

     He mourned too late

     In ruth for the rending of the Round Table.

3. (obsolete) Sorrow; misery; distress. [13th-19th c.]
4. (obsolete) Something which causes regret or sorrow; a pitiful sight. [13th-17th c.]

Derived terms

• ruthful
• ruthless

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Anagrams

• Hurt, Thur, hurt, thru, thur