ruesome

adj — 2 senses

ruesome

adj

Etymology From rue + -some.

1

rueful

2

to be regretted; unfortunate

In his message to the Legislature in 1874, Governor Austin made the ruesome statement that "our railroads have been almost wholly built by foreign capital!"1969, Val Björnson, The History of Minnesota - Volume 1:

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