pitiable
adj/ˈpɪti.əbəl/
Etymology
From Middle French [Term?], from Old French piteable. By surface analysis, pity + -able.
- derived from piteable
Definitions
That deserves, evokes or can be given pity
That deserves, evokes or can be given pity; pitiful.
- Mr Poyser had no reason to be ashamed of his leg, and suspected that the growing abuse of top-boots and other fashions tending to disguise the nether limbs, had their origin in a pitiable degeneracy of the human calf.
- Fatigued by riding on horseback, bedevilled and begrimed by the ride on manback, he presented a pitiable spectacle, and went on his way to Naples in sad plight.
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