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Webster 1913 Edition
Ruthless
Ruth′less
,Adj.
Having no ruth; cruel; pitiless.
Their rage the hostile bands restrain,
All but the
– All but the
ruthless
monarch of the main. Pope.
Ruth′less-ly
, adv.
Ruth′less-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ruthless
RUTHLESS
,Adj.
Their rage the hostile bands restrain, all but the ruthless monarch of the main.
Definition 2024
ruthless
ruthless
English
Adjective
ruthless (comparative more ruthless, superlative most ruthless)
- Without pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless.
- 1725, Alexander Pope et al. (translators), Homer (author), The Odyssey of Homer, Volume I, Bernard Lintot, page 10:
- At length their rage the hoſtile Pow’rs reſtrain, / All but the ruthleſs Monarch of the Main.
- 1725, Alexander Pope et al. (translators), Homer (author), The Odyssey of Homer, Volume I, Bernard Lintot, page 10:
Translations
without pity or compassion
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