Collaboratively solving a word puzzle with a relative yesterday:
They: Ruth.
Me: That’s not a word!
They: You can be ruthless, so …
Me: That makes sense, but English is not that logical!
Concise dictionary: No “ruth”.
Complete dictionary: Archaic now, but yes, “ruth”: a feeling of pity, distress, or grief.
Greg Egan
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