Advertisement
2295 entries found
ruthless (adj.)
early 14c., from reuthe "pity, compassion" (see ruth) + -less. Ruthful (early 13c.) has fallen from use since late 17c. except as a deliberate archaism. Related: Ruthlessly; ruthlessness.
Related entries & more 
Advertisement
Ruy Lopez (n.)
type of chess opening, 1876, from Ruy López de Segura (fl. 1560), Spanish bishop and writer on chess, who developed it.
Related entries & more 
RV (n.)
short for recreational vehicle, by 1967.
Related entries & more 
Rwanda 
African nation, named for indigenous people there, whose word for themselves is of unknown origin.
Related entries & more 
rye (n.)
Old English ryge, from Proto-Germanic *ruig (source also of Old Saxon roggo, Old Norse rugr, Old Frisian rogga, Middle Dutch rogghe, Old High German rocko, German Roggen), related to or from Balto-Slavic words (such as Old Church Slavonic ruži, Russian rozh' "rye;" Lithuanian rugys "grain of rye," plural rugiai), from a European PIE root *wrughyo- "rye." Meaning "whiskey" (made from rye) first attested 1835. Rye bread attested from mid-15c.
Related entries & more 
Advertisement

Page 230

Advertisement

Trending Words

© 2001-2020 Douglas Harper