All 6 Uses of
rue
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- All she there told him, ruing death for friend so young, algate sore unwilling God's rightwiseness to withsay.†
Chpt 14 *ruing = feeling sadness and regret
- Thereat laughed they all right jocundly only young Stephen and sir Leopold which never durst laugh too open by reason of a strange humour which he would not bewray and also for that he rued for her that bare whoso she might be or wheresoever.†
Chpt 14rued = felt sadness and regret
- Making his day's stations, the dingy printingcase, his three taverns, the Montmartre lair he sleeps short night in, rue de la Goutte-d'Or, damascened with flyblown faces of the gone.†
Chpt 3
- She is quite nicey comfy without her outcast man, madame in rue Git-le-Coeur, canary and two buck lodgers.†
Chpt 3
- Harsh gargoyle face that warred against me over our mess of hash of lights in rue Saint-André-des-Arts.†
Chpt 9
- In rue Monsieur-le-Prince I thought it.†
Chpt 9
Definitions:
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(1)
(rue) to feel sadness and regret
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Rue is also French for street, but often seen in English when referencing a specific street, much as people speaking French might refer to Main Street. Occasionally, you may also see rue referencing a type of plant.