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ruthless

[rooth-lis] Origin

ruth·less

[rooth-lis]
adjective
without pity or compassion; cruel; merciless: a ruthless tyrant.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English; see ruth, -less

ruth·less·ly, adverb
ruth·less·ness, noun


unrelenting, adamant, relentless. See cruel.

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ruthless (ˈruːθlɪs)
 
adj
feeling or showing no mercy; hardhearted
 
'ruthlessly
 
adv
 
'ruthlessness
 
n

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ruthless
early 14c., from reuthe "pity, compassion" (late 12c.), formed from reuwen "to rue" (see rue (v.)) on the model of true/truth, etc. Ruthful (early 13c.) has fallen from use since late 17c. except as a deliberate archaism.
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