Lack-pity

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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

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"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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