Ruefull

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of rueful. alt-of, obsolete

    "The lether-winged Bat, dayes enimy, / The ruefull Strich, still waiting on the bere, / The Whistler shrill, that who so heares, doth dy […]"

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"The lether-winged Bat, dayes enimy, / The ruefull Strich, still waiting on the bere, / The Whistler shrill, that who so heares, doth dy […]"

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