ruthless (adj.)

14世纪初, 从 reuthe “怜悯, 同情” (见 ruth) + -less. Ruthful (13世纪初) 自17世纪末起, 除了作为一种故意的古语外, 已不再使用. 相关: Ruthlessly; ruthlessness.

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fem. proper name, biblical ancestor of David, from Hebrew Ruth, probably a contraction of reuth "companion, friend, fellow woman." The Old Testament book tells her story.

-less

word-forming element meaning "lacking, cannot be, does not," from Old English -leas, from leas "free (from), devoid (of), false, feigned," from Proto-Germanic *lausaz (cognates: Dutch -loos, German -los "-less," Old Norse lauss "loose, free, vacant, dissolute," Middle Dutch los, German los "loose, free," Gothic laus "empty, vain"), from PIE root *leu- "to loosen, divide, cut apart." Related to loose and lease.

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ruthless (adj.)

without mercy or pity;

an act of ruthless ferocity

Synonyms: pitiless / remorseless / unpitying

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