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a regret so sharp it became a street, an herb, and a verb
means To feel deep regret or sorrow over something, often wishing it had gone differently.
from From Old English 'hreowan,' to grieve or repent — a cousin of German 'reuen' and rooted in Proto-Germanic notions of sorrow. The bitter herb 'rue' is a separate word entirely, borrowed from Latin 'ruta' via Greek 'rhyte,' though English speakers have long enjoyed the coincidence: to be 'full of rue' folds neatly into the herb's old symbolic role as the plant of repentance and regret. And the French 'rue' (street) is yet another unrelated traveler, from Latin 'ruga,' a furrow or wrinkle. Three words, one spelling — and the regretful one is the native English elder.
- french street
- Every French address hides this tiny four-letter word
- bitter herb
- Once chewed to ward off witches and plague
- old verb
- To rue means to mourn your own choices
- shakespeare's flower
- Ophelia's herb of grace and sorrow combined
- toxic touch
- Its sap can blister skin in sunlight
rue street paris — thousands of named streets in paris, france, each called 'rue' (french for street)
rue de rivoli — famous street in paris, 1st arrondissement, named after napoleon's 1797 battle of rivoli