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Piteousness

Piteous \Pit"e*ous\, a. [OE. pitous, OF. pitos, F. piteux. See Pity.]

  1. Pious; devout. [Obs.]

    The Lord can deliver piteous men from temptation.
    --Wyclif.

  2. Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate; tender. ``[She] piteous of his case.''
    --Pope.

    She was so charitable and so pitous.
    --Chaucer.

  3. Fitted to excite pity or sympathy; wretched; miserable; lamentable; sad; as, a piteous case.
    --Spenser.

    The most piteous tale of Lear.
    --Shak.

  4. Paltry; mean; pitiful. ``Piteous amends.''
    --Milton.

    Syn: Sorrowful; mournful; affecting; doleful; woeful; rueful; sad; wretched; miserable; pitiable; pitiful; compassionate. [1913 Webster] -- Pit"e*ous*ly, adv. -- Pit"e*ous*ness, n.

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piteousness

n. The condition of being piteous

Usage examples of "piteousness".

Admetus prayed for his celestial aid To win Alcestis, which the god vouchsafed, Granting with smiles, as grant all gods, who smite With stern hand, sparing not for piteousness, But give their gifts in gladness.