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Rue

noun
1.
European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy.  Synonyms: herb of grace, Ruta graveolens.
2.
Leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution: can cause irritation like poison ivy.
3.
Sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment.  Synonyms: regret, ruefulness, sorrow.  "He wrote a note expressing his regret" , "To his rue, the error cost him the game"
4.
(French) a street or road in France.
verb
(past & past part. rued; pres. part. ruing)
1.
Feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about.  Synonyms: regret, repent.



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"Rue" Quotes from Famous Books



... state of things, though gloomy in the extreme, was not quite so desperate as their imaginations had painted it. The insurrection, it is rue, had been general throughout the country, a east that portion of it occupied by the Spaniards It had been so well concerted, that it broke out almost simultaneously, and the Conquerors, who were living in careless security on their estates, ...
— The History Of The Conquest Of Peru • William H. Prescott
... impostor to coax and wheedle his innocent girl, and that he should have nourished such a viper in his own personal bosom. "I have shaken the reptile from me, however," said Costigan; "and as for his uncle, I'll have such a revenge on that old man, as shall make 'um rue the day he ever ...
— The History of Pendennis • William Makepeace Thackeray
... only going a step over to the Rue Tronchet to say a few words to a friend of mine, M. P——s. I shall not detain you five minutes; and you should know him, for he has some capital pictures, and a collection of Limoges ware that is the despair ...
— Coningsby • Benjamin Disraeli
... dripped from my nails, and I cursed him aloud for idly suffering such insult to our house to pass without revenge. Our race is as old and proud as the kings of Sogn themselves, and I vowed that Hakon should rue that day. I was a heathen ...
— Vandrad the Viking - The Feud and the Spell • J. Storer Clouston
... omissions. Nearly two pages are inserted here, in which Yorick discourses on the difference between a sentimental traveler and an avanturier. On pages 122-126, the famous "Hndchen" episode is narrated, an insertion taking the place of the hopelessly vulgar "Rue Tireboudin." According to this narrative, Yorick, after the fire, enters a home where he finds a boy weeping over a dead dog and refusing to be comforted with promises of other canine possessions. The critics united in praising this as being a positive addition to the Yorick adventures, ...
— Laurence Sterne in Germany • Harvey Waterman Thayer


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