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pitisome

adj

Etymology

From pity + -some.

  1. derived from pietās
  2. derived from pitet
  3. derived from pité
  4. inherited from pitye
  5. formed as pitisome — “pity + -some”

Definitions

  1. Characterised or marked by pitifulness

    Characterised or marked by pitifulness; piteous

    • Lor', Miss Moggy, you'd think dat man had been married all de days of his life time, he look so lonesome and pitisome like.
    • For a day he did scant else but enhowl himself to a pitisome hoarseness.
    • “Perhaps, Husband, the division by classes will have no place in this country. That would be pitisome, for it has taken centuries to form our traditions.”

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA