Lack-pity
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 merciless; pitiless
"Each sore defeat of my defeated life / Faced and outfaced me in that bitter hour; / And turned to yearning palsy all my power, / And all my peace to strife, / Self stabbing self with keen lack-pity knife."
Example
More examples"Each sore defeat of my defeated life / Faced and outfaced me in that bitter hour; / And turned to yearning palsy all my power, / And all my peace to strife, / Self stabbing self with keen lack-pity knife."
Etymology
From lack + pity.
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