'Piteousness' definitions:

Definition of 'Piteousness'

From: GCIDE
  • Piteous \Pit"e*ous\, a. [OE. pitous, OF. pitos, F. piteux. See Pity.]
  • 1. Pious; devout. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • The Lord can deliver piteous men from temptation. --Wyclif. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate; tender. "[She] piteous of his case." --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • She was so charitable and so pitous. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Fitted to excite pity or sympathy; wretched; miserable; lamentable; sad; as, a piteous case. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • The most piteous tale of Lear. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Paltry; mean; pitiful. "Piteous amends." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

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