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Piteous

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Provoking pity, compassion, or sympathy.

    "[…] with his strong arms He fastened on my neck, and bellowed out As he’d burst heaven; threw him on my father; Told the most piteous tale of Lear and him That ever ear receiv’d;"

  2. 2
    Showing devotion to God. obsolete

    "For the Lord kan delyuere piteuouse men fro temptacioun, and kepe wickid men in to the dai of dom to be turmentid;"

  3. 3
    Showing compassion. obsolete

    "Thine eye begins to speak; set thy tongue there; Or in thy piteous heart plant thou thine ear; That hearing how our plaints and prayers do pierce, Pity may move thee ‘pardon’ to rehearse."

  4. 4
    Of little importance or value. obsolete

    "[…] calling to minde with heed Part of our Sentence, that thy Seed shall bruise The Serpents head; piteous amends, unless Be meant, whom I conjecture, our grand Foe Satan,"

Adjective
  1. 1
    deserving or inciting pity wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English pitous, from Old French piteus, pitus.

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