rita

¹ American  

[rit-uh] / ˈrɪt ə /

noun

Hinduism.

1. the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.

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Rita ² American  

[ree-tuh] / ˈri tə /

noun

1. a female given name, form of Margarita.

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Etymology

Origin of rita

From the Sanskrit word ṛta

Example Sentences

Rita tries jumping in front of the mirror, swinging her arms like fans and repeating the word “bored” a hundred times.

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Things take a decidedly unboring turn when Rita begins to imagine what would happen if she and all the world’s bored people met up.

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Rita’s brain feels like a “fuzzy rock” and her imagined companions are so “full of that gassy, boring boredom” that they swell like balloons and float to an island, where their malaise leads them to unexpected pursuits.

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By the time her mom calls her down for dinner, Rita finds that she’s really quite busy with her make-believe adventures—an unexpected ending to a not-so-boring day.

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It’s a gray, gloomy day, and Rita is bored, bored, bored.

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